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

On 20.11.2018 at 11:26, Rowan Collins wrote: > 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. FWIW, PECL/memcache has had a new release today. \o/ -- Christoph M. Becker