Re: New "PECL"

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023, at 9:46 AM, Derick Rethans wrote: > Yeah, I understand. And I feel the same. But if there is no registry (a > goal), then there is no way to find out which of your extension version > support a specific PHP version, without checking every tag in your > repository. That's not going to be fast. > > cheers, > Derick See, I think I disagree on this point. Having a registry is table-stakes for package managers these days. Composer, npm/yarn, whatever Python does this week, Cargo, Bundle, Maven/Gradle... a packager isn't complete without a registry. The one exception is Go, and its approach is... just a mess, frankly. Whether PECLtng piggybacks on Packagist, self-hosts using something like Satis, or does a home-grown thing, I don't think a neo-PECL without a registry is a viable and sustainable way forward. That needs to be in the initial design. --Larry Garfield