Re: how to deal with php5 only packages (was: [PEPr] Comment on Networking::GeoIP)

Hi David: On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 05:37:54PM +0200, David Costa wrote: > Daniel Convissor wrote: > > >To clarify my position, I'd consider most uses of exceptions at this > >time to be one of those "I'm using a PHP 5 feature just because I feel > >like it." > > Not really, that is the only way to do it properly under PHP 5 without > including PEAR. But your package doesn't have any features that necessitate the use of PHP 5. In earlier posts, you tried to justify using PHP 5 by saying the pacakge uses SQLite. That's a specious argument because SQLite works fine in PHP 4. --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409