Re: Re: phar and e_strict

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:48:47 +0200 helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger) wrote: > Hello Pierre, > > Saturday, October 1, 2005, 4:24:02 PM, you wrote: > > > On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:17:19 +0200 (CEST) > > derick@php.net (Derick Rethans) wrote: > > > >> 1. not modify any error reporting setting > > > We have to modify it as the underlying code is not php5 _only_ but > > have to work for both php5 and php4. > > >> 2. PHP 5.1 compatible code. > > > It is compatible, or do you mean E_STRICK compatible? > > You should face reality that php 5 is a bit different than php 4. I do know that, I did explain my opinions about having PEAR bundled by default in 5.1+ and so on. But other php developers seem to fully disagree with me on this topic, as many PEAR developers, nothing more I can do. > Many of the things changed in php 5 were made to support exactly pear > development but pear is absolutley ignoring it. As PEAR 1.4 _has_ to be compatible with 1.x, we did not ignore the changes. But we cannnot drop php4 support or maintain 2 code bases. > Why can't at least the things that shall be shipped in 5.1 fashion - > especially since you're doing part of it in a way only 5.1 can serve > anyway. I do not get this sentence, can you elaborate? --Pierre