Re: libxml bundling
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Thu, 08 May 2003 21:08:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: libxml bundling | ||
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On Thu, 08 May 2003, Dan Kalowsky wrote:
> I have to disagree with this. It is not the job of the software (PHP) to
> make itself easier to install. We're not an installation system, we are a
> web development language. Thought this is really just another form of the
> "whose responsible" discussion. The end result of bundling is now PHP will
> become responsible for keeping upto date snapshots of libxml. If a really
> scary bug is found in the library, it now becomes PHP's job to ensure that
> all new downloads use it. Is it really our job to ensure system security?
> Or are we mearly trying to provide an interface to an established set of
> functionality found on the system?
Couldn't agree more.
-Andrei http://www.gravitonic.com/
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