Re: Modern practices ...

On 10.09.2016 at 17:09, Lester Caine wrote: > On 10/09/16 09:32, Lester Caine wrote: > >> Doing some digging I've found the conversations on this back in 2011. At >> that time the statement was made that 'php project does not provide >> binary builds' and 'if the user can't install a compiler they should not >> be using php'. I'll not name the source ... it was a thread on this list >> in 2011. > > I must clarify that as I was quoting from memory since I'd failed to > bookmark the thread and apologise I over egged it ... > > http://develissimo.com/forum/topic/104953/?page=5 > > So the correct quotes are > "I don't consider it our job to do binary builds for people." > > and > "If people are building critical > systems that rely on binary-only releases, they really should reconsider > how they do things and at the very least install a compiler on their > platform of choice and learn how to build stuff themselves." > > While that sentiment is practical for Linux based systems, until > recently it was an expensive investment to create the same environment > on Windows? I have not yet tried to check out a build stack on Windows > 10, but for the vast majority of PHP users it is not a practical option? Despite the rather common myth, building PHP on Windows nowadays is not really harder than on Linux. Detailed instructions are available on <https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild>. -- Christoph M. Becker