Re: New "PECL"

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 10:59 AM Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Dec 2023, Remi Collet wrote: > > > Le 05/12/2023 à 14:45, Derick Rethans a écrit : > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_N0E9xo3jn9aKrIZHIbTYaY5lXw71BpSO6-it4cRpDo > > > > > > In this first stage, we would like to invite you in commenting on the > > > document (either inline, or here). > > > > As inline requires a Google account... > > > > > priority (optional): The installation "priority". > > > > 1/ I don't like this name which is ambiguous > > > > higher value seems to give higher priority > > which lower are loaded first > > > > This prefix, used in various linux distro, > > is really a "load order", needed when using --enable-rtld-now > > > > So I proprose "load order" instead > > We can quibble over the name :-) > > I picked something short. Debian calls it > 'priority' too in their ini files. For example: > > ; configuration for php common module > ; priority=20 > extension=calendar.so > > > 2/ values > > > > Default value can be 40 or max(requirement) + 10 > > > > In Fedora where we use this for years we have > > (IIRC debian have different practice) > > > > 0-19 for zend_extension > > 10 for opcache > > 15 for xdebug > > That's not really a good default. At least Xdebug should be > near the end of the loading order. > > > 20-39 for php-src extension > > 20 for most > > 30 if requirement (ex: pdo drivers) > > 40-99 for other (pecl...) > > 40 for igbinary, msgpack > > 50 for redis which use igbinary, msgpack > > I am happy to pick a different default. I had picked what Debian seemed > to have (20). > > I don't think it matters much though, as distribitions can decide to > change them in their binary packages regardless. > > cheers, > Derick > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php Hello, I don't know if you've seen this prior art: https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer It's extremely convenient for Docker images, and usually has the ability to apply appropriate patches (such as the memcached + PHP 8.1-ish issue a couple of years ago) to get things to install. It would be amazing if the new pecl could be as easy to use as this wrapper/tool. Robert Landers Software Engineer Utrecht NL