Re: how to deal with php5 only packages (was: [PEPr] Comment on Networking::GeoIP)
| From: | Daniel Convissor | Date: | Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:25:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: how to deal with php5 only packages (was: [PEPr] Comment on Networking::GeoIP) | ||
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:38:13PM +0200, Lukas Smith wrote:
> I think generally until this point we should discourage PHP5 only
> packages that only make use of syntax sugar. However PHP5 only packages
> that make use of the new and unique features of PHP5 are very important
A strong +1 from me on this.
Packages that don't _require_ PHP 5 features should just use PHP 4.
Writing in PHP 5 just because you feel like it just doesn't make solid
sense.
--Dan
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