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

Hello, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > 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. And? > 2. It is licensed under LGPL. And? > 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. But PEAR is inside PHP 4 module! > 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. Ask them. The fact is they only distribute modules that are part of PHP. Regards, Manuel Lemos