Re: AW: [PEAR-DEV] [RFC_v3] Handling Backwards Compatibility in PEAR [hopefully the final draft]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:33:55 +0200 "Daniel Khan" <dk@webcluster.at> wrote: > Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: > > [..] > > > Don't agree. You seem to always think about dedicated server > > > environments but what if a hoster has 1000+ users/server > > and only 40 > > > rely on package XY which API now has changed. > > > > I do not. And I think this hoster should think to install > > only the core. > > Yes you _think_. > It _should_ be that way - O.K. > That are a little too much assumptions for my taste. The core is what is installed by default with php (sources or binaries). Actually not exactly the core in the strict sense of the word, but the plan (still to be discussed) is to do it so in the future majore php releases. > > His users can then install whatever packages they need in > > their tree, both can live together, having core in the common > > part and userland packages in another, as far as it allows to > > change the include path (if he does not I wonder why he still > > get tousands of user ;) ). > > Good suggestion - O.K. > Maybe there should be a PEAR for hosters document. > Don't expect every hoster to dive into PEAR and see how things > can be done. As it is installed by default (that means if you do not run the config --without-pear) where is the problem? > > > Just thing about TreeMenu. If the API changes all websites > > using it to > > > create the navigation will stop to work. > > > Now have fun migrating 40 sites at once in one night. > > > The hoster won't ever be able to migrate to the new version. > > > > Explain me what will make you upgrade it suddenly only > > because a new major version has been released? Did you not > > see the previous alpha/beta before? > > Sorry - maybe I'm wrong but how should I ever migrate to beta if > it overwrites the stable package? > It's IMHO exactly the same case as with a stable package. Ever heard of development servers and tests suite before switching things in a production server (or host)? (add smiles) pierre