Re: Using PECL without installing PEAR
| From: | Matthieu Napoli | Date: | Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:04:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Using PECL without installing PEAR | ||
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> Le 13 nov. 2019 à 18:52, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> a écrit :
>
> On 13.11.2019 at 18:38, Matthieu Napoli wrote:
>
>>> Le 13 nov. 2019 à 18:33, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> a écrit :
>>>
>>> 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>?
>
> Well, these are the PEAR installers. After downloading and running, you
> have a working PEAR/PECL installation. That's basically what
> --with-pear does.
>
> --
> Christoph M. Becker
Thanks. Then that is not what we are looking for: the goal is to be able to use PECL without having
to install PEAR.