Re: Using PECL without installing PEAR
| From: | Christoph M. Becker | Date: | Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:33:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Using PECL without installing PEAR | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On 13.11.2019 at 17:43, Matthieu Napoli wrote:
> Following a discussion with Nikita, I understood that [installing PEAR with PHP is
> deprecated](https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.4/UPGRADING#L98-L101
> <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.4/UPGRADING#L98-L101>).
> However, installing PEAR is necessary for PECL to work (it uses PEAR).
>
> I started having a look at what could be done to use PECL without PEAR. This lead me to the
> following question: as a first step, would it make sense to provide PECL as a self-contained PHAR?
> That way users can download the PHAR and avoid install PEAR. Following that we can have a look
> at trimming the PECL package, but the PHAR would be a first step.
Are you looking for <https://github.com/pear/pearweb_phars>?
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Christoph M. Becker