Re: PHP 5

On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 15:52, Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: > "Stig S. Bakken" wrote: > > > > I don't think it's a good idea to add another layer of complexity to the > > installer. We have dependencies, which can be used to say that a > > package requires version n.n or higher of PHP. With the "state hack" I > > suggested in a previous mail (using "stable5" for PHP 5 releases, and > > "stable" for PHP 4 ones), it will be possible to seamlessly upgrade PHP > > 5-based PEAR installations. > > > > I don't really get the point here. If there is <state>stable</stable> > and <dep php5>, why the need for stable5? When upgrading your PEAR installation, you're interested in updating every package you have installed with the newest release with the same state, right? If you are running a "beta" DB, a plain "pear-get upgrade" command will update DB to a newer beta version. You can't do the same thing with dependencies (what if a package actually works with both PHP 4 and PHP 5, then you won't be able to get this info even if we put all the dependencies in the database). - Stig