Re: removing bundled libmysql
| From: | (Marcus B�rger) | Date: | Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:55:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: removing bundled libmysql | ||
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Hello Sterling,
Saturday, June 21, 2003, 5:43:30 PM, you wrote:
SH> Hey,
SH> I'm putting this message out as a feeler. I'm going to go ahead and
SH> remove the mysql library from the PHP source tree. This won't affect
SH> the extension, it simply means we won't be bundling the *library* with
SH> PHP anymore. This is in a large part due to MySQL's decision to switch
SH> to using the GPL for their client libraries as well. Linkage will still
SH> be available, but we can't ship the GPL library, and the MySQL 3.2.23
SH> library can't connect to MySQL 4.1 servers, rendering it broken.
SH> Speak now, or forever hold your peace. ;-)
Please disable ext/mysql by default then, too.
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Best regards,
Marcus mailto:helly@php.net