Re: Re: Suggestion about native DB support.

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: [...] > > 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. > > I agree. Bundling everything is not good. Bundling anything is not good :) > We cannot rely on module like gettext to write I18N web site, since > most installations do not support gettext. (DBA also) well, if you keep that in mind we should bundle all extensions and libraries. And i18n is simply not important for everybody. > > If we recommend, many hosting service providers may start supporting > it. I would like to see some kind of installation standard or > recommendataion for script portability. That's why I cross posted > this to evangelism lists. If you want to have portablity, then all ISPs should install with as much extensions as possible... so that isn't really feasible IMO. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------