Re: Re: cvs: php4 /ext/exif config.m4

At 22:27 28.08.2002, derick@php.net wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Marcus Börger wrote: I hope we could reach a consensus to leave the following modules in the normal php distribution: old extensions, those maintaind by those developing php's core and the extensions heavily integrated into ph (like mbstring) and at least those extensions important extensions like gd and xml stuff. I don't agree on the "old extensions" part, for example "yaz", "dotnet" or "notes".

I guess those were bad examples. But i meant maintained and working modules. I think you're right to move such extensions to PECL after that is working.

Moving less maintained and less important modules to PECL might be a good idea as soon as PECL is ready to be THE distribution on any platform. Until that is reached PECL development or planning shouldn't harm php development. Having exif not enabled by default doesn't harm development at all. If people want exif, they can enable it just fine. Adding more 'bloat' (this has nothing to do with the usefulness) to the default compilation is not a good thing, for example we could have enabled sockets, sysvshm, sysvsem... too by default. Derick

Of cause exif doesn't affect php development in any way! I meant here that PECL development must not hurt php development. marcus