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

On Jun 16, 2004, at 6:36 PM, Bertrand Mansion wrote:

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#pear install Package_Using_Sqlite --> Aaaaah ! You have installed both packages MANUALLY ! :-o In your dreams may be ;) If you run on PHP4 you need to add the sqlite.so extension and pray. Many people reported problem with this on Mac OS X

semi-official build by entropy http://www.entropy.ch/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=782&highlight=sqlite and btw you can't do pear install sqlite AFAIK remember it is a PECL module so you need pear download sqlite and pear bundle sqlite and then install. Even if you do it with pear install only you will still need to mess with config files, restart apache etc.

Looks to me like Sqlite is not a valid reason to go PHP5 only :)

Well, what would be a valid reason ? To me, the benefit of using a superior object model is a valid reason alone, excluding SQLite.

Furthermore, in your own mp3 package, I don't really see a reason why you use Sqlite. Well, that's just me, no need to argue here...

No problem, just I think for a simple thing like a playlist backup SQlite would work much better then anything else. e.g. imagine you would want to send me a list of your song in a db via email.... Again we have different views. I think that I need a valid reason to write something for PHP 4 with 5.0.0-dev already out and used, not the other way around ;) Of course I am well aware of the initial limitations. A PHP 5 only package will not be, at least for now, as widely used as a PHP 4 package and it will not be able to roll a stable release for a while. Cheers David Costa

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