Re: PHP-GTK built-in PHP (was Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV]Can't build php-gtk)

At 11:26 PM 11/21/01 -0200, Manuel Lemos wrote:

Does that mean that PHP-GTK extension will be integrated in PHP repository? It will save a lot of people the headache of building it. Also it would make it definetly more popular, because Linux distributors like SuSE distribute many PHP modules with the their PHP base distribution, so the users of such distributions would not even have to go through the pain of building PHP-GTK. That would be a good start for starting distributing PHP-GTK applications and components.

There are several reasons for not putting PHP-GTK into PHP ext/ directory. 1. It is just too extensive. Not only does it have its own loadable extensions, but also its own documentation and web modules. 2. It is licensed under LGPL. 3. It is on a completely different release cycle from PHP. Actually, most of the extensions in ext/ directory will be moved out to PECL/PEAR soon. I don't see why SuSE and other distributors cannot distribute PHP-GTK just like any other package. I hope that the building issues will be resolved now that 4.1.0 release is imminent and there will be something stable to build against. -Andrei