Re: PHP proposal on modular systems

Am 15.07.2013 18:24, schrieb Lester Caine: > Marco Pivetta wrote: >> PS i'm not so practice with composer ( used few times ) but when modular >>> >systems , such as CMS , give the possibility to extends them with >>> external >>> >components...i don't think that composer could solve this problem. >>> > >> It is actually already happening. >> You should really really really check it out before going further in >> exploring already explored grounds. > > The real problem here is with PEAR being installed as part of the > distribution, and not then being compatible with other applications. The > safest way to use this is by bundling the correct version with the > application, but that does create bigger downloads. Even were > applications using the like of Zend framework need the correct version > given the number of wrapper systems that go with it. > > Composer is just another complication that has to be added to the mix > ... and not currently common in linux distributions? > Most distributions I know package their RPM/deb based on pear releases. I'm not a big fan of bundling a fixed set of bugs or bugfix releases of loosely related libs with an app (rubygem style) and having them twice or more times on a given system. Composer still has its place. I don't see much to do here for php core. -- Ralf Lang Linux Consultant / Developer Tel.: +49-170-6381563 Mail: lang@b1-systems.de B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / http://www.b1-systems.de GF: Ralph Dehner / Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537

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