Re: [RFC] Starting 5.3

On 5/8/07, Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net> wrote:

Now adding Pecl/Zip was a clever idea as it allows an easy way to compress stuff on the fly for sites that offer downloads. However this is a) far far away from a mainstream problem

And to read zip files (upload, ftp, remote data). I think each of us has had to deal with zip data (read or write) more than once. It is a mainstream need. Or if you mean that phar is not a mainstream problem then I agree. But I don't really see the point to compare both, they are too completely different extension (general purpose and developer/packager extension). I'm in general in favour of phar but I don't think we should start 5.3 for it. I don't think either that it is stable enough to be bundled. I doubt it is possible to have a stable package in only three public releases (even the first public release was already marked stable). However once this package got a wider audience and users base, I don't have real objections to do not bundle it even if I still think that phar is a packager tool and have little to do with the mainstream needs. --Pierre