Re: Activation of IGBinary serialization extension in 5.4 by default

Dear All, Again with my 2cents into the basket: I was hoping Ilia Alshanetsky would also support this idea since in his talks (i.e. http://ilia.ws/archives/241-IPC-Hidden-Features-of-PHP-Slides.html) he has been promoting the exact same use: switch the standard serializer to igBinary... Also the proposed include it -> read the data -> convert on write if in previous format (possibly an ini setting?) would provide full BC and would allow a painless upgrade... wouldnt it? -- With kind regards, Robin Speekenbrink Kingsquare Information Services On donderdag 18 augustus 2011 21:39:56, Pierre Joye wrote: > hi Stas! > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Stas Malyshev<smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote: > >>> . not enabling it by default defeats the purpose of bundling it >> >> Actually, I don't think it does. It's one thing to tell people "put this >> option into php.ini" and quite another is "download it from PECL (?), >> compile it (?!) and install it". The first is wi thin the limits of any >> literate person, the second is sysadmin territory. > > All major distros have it already, so it is the same. Now, if it is > not enabled by default, then many admins won't install it, back to the > same problem. It is very unlikely that someone with root or admin > perms won't be able to install an extra extension from the distro > repository or using the DLL on windows. > >>> . easier to support it while being only in pecl ('do you use the core >>> version or latest pecl?") >> >> It is a concern, if this extension is not stable yet. Is it? > > It is stable. But the concern is not about its stability but the ease > of support. Having it in core means than some users may use (for > example) 5.4.2 version while we are at 5.4.6 or pecl has 3 new > versions. Not a big deal, just easier. > > That being said, I'm not opposed to include it, I only don't see it as > a must go :) > > Cheers,