Re: how to deal with php5 only packages

From: Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:15:33 +0000
Subject: Re: how to deal with php5 only packages
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David Costa wrote:
On Jun 16, 2004, at 5:47 PM, Daniel Convissor wrote:
Hi David: On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 05:37:54PM +0200, David Costa wrote: 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.
That is not accurate. On PHP 4 you have to install SQLite manually and whilst I am not 100% sure there are certainly some speed implications too.
Well both points dont make sense really: 1) you will mark the dependency. if the users has php4 then he needs to have the pear installer install it. if he has php5 he doesnt. 2) simply document performance differences. regards, Lukas Smith smith@backendmedia.com _______________________________ BackendMedia www.backendmedia.com berlin@backendmedia.com Linn Zwoch Smith GbR Pariser Str. 44 D-10707 Berlin Tel +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax +49 30 83 22 50 07

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