RE: [PHP-DEV] Moving to PECL

From: Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 22:32:18 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Moving to PECL
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It's not like PHP5 will get out the door any time soon. If the plan is to move all php5 extensions to PECL, why wait? Move them. Fix things. Seems like a good idea, and fairly straight forward, especially when you have someone as capable as Sterling volunteering to do the work. Best Regards Mike Robinson (Sorry if I missed something, but this seems like a no-brainer) Edin Kadribasic wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > Basically my point is that instead of pushing extensions into > the current > > void that is PECL, we need to pull PECL from the void and make it work > > first. You seem to want to take the reverse approach. Push everything > > into PECL and by doing that force someone to fix it, versus fixing PECL > > and then having people fall over themselves trying to get their > extensions > > into this new brilliant framework. > > This was exactly what I was trying to say. Breaking stuff in hope that it > will force people to fix things afterward instead of making the framework > work first seemed as the wrong approach to take. > > Edin

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