Re: Package Scope Recommendations for File_Ogg
| From: | David Grant | Date: | Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:24:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Package Scope Recommendations for File_Ogg | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.pear.dev |
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> Patrick O'Lone wrote:
>> Wouldn't this be easier to write as a PECL extension using the native C
>> API? There's open source libraries for libogg, libvorbis, and
>> libvorbisfile which could be quickly integrated using a PECL extension.
>
> It is no problem to have an PECL- and a PEAR-Package for the same
> subject. The only requirement is that the PEAR-Package should use the
> API of the Extension, if installed.
Since there is currently no PECL extension available, should this be
applied in reverse? Surely the earliest package should lay the
foundations for an API (with exceptions where one is significantly better
than the other)?
Regards,
David