Re: Re: [RFC VOTE] Unbundle ext/interbase

Hi Martin, On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 5:08 PM Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:51 AM Köditz, Martin <Martin.Koeditz@it-syn.de> > wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I want to give you the general state of the Firebird driver. At the end > of > > January, I agreed to continue developing the Firebird driver as a > > maintainer. In this regard, I first took care of getting familiar with > the > > code and an important bug (# 72175). > > > > Obviously, this information has not got through to the PHP community for > a > > variety of reasons. Unfortunately, the project seems to be pulled away by > > the vote to remove the driver underfoot. > > > > It would be nice if someone could agree with me on the further steps > > regarding further development. I particularly need help with the > following > > points: > > 1. How will I be deposited as a maintainer? > > > 2. Who has commit rights for changes? > > 3. How are changes in the documentation checked in? Here are my changes > > have not been committed for years. > > 4. Where are the current development guidelines? I have an old book, but > > it does not seem to reflect the current quality standards. > > > > Maybe it's to late. But maybe we (the Firebird and the PHP community) can > > continue on a common path. > > > > Hello Martin, > > The vote currently under way shouldn't change much for you: It mainly means > that the code of the extension will be moved into a new repository and that > the extension has to be installed using "pecl install interbase" instead of > "./configure --with-interbase". > > Unless you already have one, please request a PHP git account at > https://www.php.net/git-php.php. Once it is approved you will > be granted > access to the ext/interbase extension in php-src, as well as the new PECL > repository for the extension once the move is completed. You can then > commit changes using git via git.php.net. You can also use github and upload releases in pecl.php.net. best, Pierre