Re: extensions status, to move to pecl or to drop

2008/6/14 Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>: > Pierre Joye wrote: > >> Hi Lukas, >> >> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Lukas Kahwe Smith <mls@pooteeweet.org> >> wrote: >> >> These extension seem widely used enough that we have to make it an effort >>> to >>> support them. >>> >> >> If it is so widely used, why noone complains about this removal? Why >> there is nobody taking care of the bugs or sending patches? >> > > I don't think this argument works very well. If we were to apply that in > general terms, we should probably drop Windows support completely because > there are pretty much no Windows users taking care of bugs, nor sending > patches. There are a couple, I don't want to make their contributions seem > insignificant, but the ratio of users to contributors is terrible for the > Windows platform. > I try! And as I only use MSSQL, we should drop mySQL. > For something like the SNMP extension, it works ok. SNMP isn't exciting in > any way. I did some work on it so it got to the point where it was useful > to me, and there have been a couple of requests over the years to extend it, > but I think for most people it does all it needs to do. > > -Rasmus > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"