Re: Using PECL without installing PEAR

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 5:44 PM Matthieu Napoli <matthieu@mnapoli.fr> wrote: > Hi all, > > 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. > > Thanks > > Matthieu I think that makes sense. The only thing we really want/need from PEAR is the "pecl" command, and having a single self-contained phar for that would be much better than requiring a global PEAR installation, and allow us to change the underlying implementation more easily in the future. Nikita