Re: Re: Suggestion about native DB support.

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Garland foster wrote: > Derick et al, > > What about the native DBM support? Nobody answered that part. I'm -1 on bundling anything, for the reason you will find in the archives (no need to repeat them again). Derick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <derick@php.net> > To: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> > Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List <php-dev@lists.php.net>; Garland Foster > <garland_foster@salutia.com> > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 5:58 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Suggestion about native DB support. > > > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > > > > > Garland Foster wrote: > > > > I have a strong feeling that it would be a very good idea to ship PHP > (*nix and Win) with some native, BUNDLED > > > > support for some DBM-files format. It can be very nice to have a > native set of DBM-like functions available in PHP > > > > no matter the operating system or how PHP was compiled. > > > > > > > > > > I think gettext module is also a good one to be enabled by default > > > or recommend users strongly. > > > > It relies on an external library, so that won't be a good thing. gettext > > is not available for every platform, and we are not going to bundle it. > > > > > > > > Most I18N(?) aware PHP applications are not using gettext and > > > using slower approch, define messages as PHP vars or constants. > > > > > > Enabling gettext by default may change this situation in the > > > long run. > > > > Do we need to prevent everybody from shooting in their feet? I don't think > > so. Users who need it will find out about gettext. > > > > > Since we cannot bundle everything, how about have a logo program > > > for a standard php installations? If users confirm standard > > > requirements, give permission to use PHP standard logo, for > > > example. > > > > How would this help them, and what does it give us (The PHP team)? > > > > Derick > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > Did I help you? > > http://www.derickrethans.nl/link.php?url=giftlist > > Frequent ranting: http://www.derickrethans.nl/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net > > All your branches are belong to me! > > SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 6/1/02 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I help you? http://www.derickrethans.nl/link.php?url=giftlist Frequent ranting: http://www.derickrethans.nl/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net All your branches are belong to me! SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------