What I really don't understand is why so many people are so quick to jump into "us vs. them" attitude. Is there a war or what? Isn't there enough conflict so that one must look so hard to create a new one?
Or maybe it is worth considering that having good database support is good for *both* PHP and IBM?
Stas - we don't even know what they're planning to put into CVS. Just that there's a new module there that nobody wants to talk to php.net about (apparently) and that has a CLA attached. You say 'good database support', but that's one thing more than we know. Nobody was very happy about it the last time there was a CLA attached to a php.net project, so why would they be happy about it now?
As for 'us vs. them' - surely the CLA and the ensuing silence are the separators here, rather than the protests against the lack of transparency?
- Steph