Re: Re: cvs: pear /Net_URL URL.php package.xml

On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 20:00, Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: > Helgi Þormar wrote: > > > And people could do pear install net_url then php4 version is downloaded > > and pear install net_url-php5 to download the php5 branch .... > > While the "-xxx" shortcut is nice we can't use it for php5 stuff, it's > already taken by the "state" :-). Otherwise we'd end in: > pear install net_url-beta,php5 > > Better to have params: > > pear install -php 5 -state beta net_url > Like I said to phillipe good idea :) > > or even > > make it a config option what is downloaded by default if there are 2 > > branches present. > > Please do not mix CVS with pearweb :-). Pearweb will return to the user > the propper package depending the params he suply. > I ain't mixing it up, just didn't think that far :) that's all :) > > Note. > > this is not something that would solve the conflict of having php4 and > > php5 installation of a package, > > I don't see any conflict. A package can only be installed once in the > same <php_dir> (installer setting). If you want to maintain two > installations do: > > $ pear -c pear_php4.php \ > -d php_dir=/pear/php4 \ > -d php_version=4 \ > -s > > The same for php5 packages. One can switch beetween them so: > > $ pear -c pear_php5.php install Foo_Bar > Well this dicussion has been going back and fourth it seems (other thread I haven't been following that much), so we'll probably keep this kinda stuff there :)