Re: enabling sqlite by default

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Marcus Börger wrote: > RL> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Edin Kadribasic wrote: > >> > At 04:32 PM 6/24/2003 +0200, Sascha Schumann wrote: > >> > > SQLite should become as pervasive as the session extension. > >> > > It is really a killer feature. > >> > > >> > I think this was well put. It seems there is "almost" a consensus that > >> > bundling and enabling sqlite by default is a big advantage for PHP and its > >> > users. I agree that in many cases it will replace fopen() in a much sexier > >> > and easier manner. > >> > >> So the only question remains when to bundle it? I would like to see it > >> bundled as soon as possible even in the 4.3.x series. Any thoughts on that? > > RL> It doesn't belong in 4.3. 4.3 is a release branch. Bug fixes only. I > RL> still think we need a 4.x dev branch to start the process of helping users > RL> towards the PHP 5 goal by doing things like bundling sqlite and adding > RL> some of the non PHP5-specific changes and features that they will come to > RL> rely on when they get to 5. > > As one of the developers of the extension in question i can only agree. It > does not belong in 4.3.x. > > And the more time passes, the more development happens i more and more tend to > agree to 4.4, too. But anyway the counter part of doing this would be a delay > in 5.0 release. I don't think so. The argument against it in the past was centered on the developers. Keeping a dev branch on 4.x distracted developers from working on 5. I think we are past that. People are clearly working on 5 and it is gaining momentum. What we need to look at now is migration of existing code from 4 to 5. There are things we can do in the 4.x codebase to make the eventual migration to 5 easier and less drastic and I don't think that will take away from 5.x development substantially. It will affect it a little bit, but mostly that effort will mean less pain later on when we finally do release 5. -Rasmus