Re: Re: memcache, without a d, as in Venezuela

On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 15:53, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 12:00 AM AllenJB <php.lists@allenjb.me.uk wrote: > > > Someone was asking about memcache vs memached on IRC the other day and I > > advised them the memcache extension looked abandoned based on the PECL > > page. Having 2 such similar extensions is confusing - It would also be > > nice if someone could document the major differences between the 2 > > extensions somewhere to help users decide which they might want to > select. > > > > > memcached uses libmemcache, which only supports linux-like systems. This is > the main reason to keep both. > That doesn't entirely follow: it's a reason why not to abandon the without-a-d extension, but it doesn't actually justify keeping both. It seems to me that *neither* extension is properly maintained right now (the with-a-d extension has recent releases, but all wrapping an abandoned upstream library); so if the without-a-d extension has better cross-platform support, it might make sense to keep *only* that one (revived from https://github.com/websupport-sk/pecl-memcache) and encourage anyone interested to contribute rather than splitting the effort. Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]