Re: Moving to PECL

----- Original Message ----- From: "Edin Kadribasic" <edink@proventum.net> > > There is already support for: > > 'alpha','beta','stable','snapsho > > t','devel' package states, plus all the version number formats supported > by > > version_compare(). IMHO that's more than enough. > > Its not. There is now way to tell which PECL extension version works with > which PHP version which is essential and quire easily solvable with CVS > bracnches/tags. That's we call dependencies, and the pear cmd supports a wide range of them, including: package, extension, php, zend, os, external prog, etc. Can you solve all this with CVS branches/tags? ;) > > I you mean the pear installer, it do work on Windows since many time. If > you > > mean the build of extensions, AFAIR, Shane did it. Take a look at: > > php4/pear/PEAR/Builder.php. Don't know if works or not, but the code is > > there. > > You cannot ask from people on Windows to have a complete PHP building > environment in order to use PECL extensions. > The installation of binaries or libs it's supported too, just ship the binary with your package and tag it right in the package.xml. Tomas V.V.Cox