Re: Re: dependencies and applications

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:14:24 +0800 Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> wrote: > I think it should follow unix standard here.. > > $phpdir/pear/MDB.1.0.php > $phpdir/pear/MDB.2.0.php > where > $phpdir/pear/MDB.php is softlinked to $phpdir/pear/MDB.2.0.php > > on windows you will have to copy the latest one into place....as it > doesnt have softlinks... > > one of the beauties about pear at present is the direct mapping of > classname=>include path.. - which makes locating code alot simpler... > > I would also suggest making this as a configuratable option., as it's > a bit of an overhead.. for alot of installations. > > > I missed though why you could not just point php_dir at another > folder, then call the installer internally to install all the packages > in order... PEAR already supports multiple installations folder using the same pear command. I do not like that much the MDB.1.0.php things or whatever it will be named. If you need the new version, upgrade it in the right install. If you like to test major release, install a new tree. This feature sounds like creating a mess to me :). And I'm not sure it'll be possible to make it. How could I include the right file? As Alan told us, win32 platform cannot use links, this is another stoping point. pierre