Re: Re: Channels

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:43:25 +0800 alan@akbkhome.com (Alan Knowles) wrote: > I'm begining to wonder if this may be necessary, Net_GeoIP begins > to illustrate some of the issues. > > normally we would evolve Log2 (a PHP5 version of Log) for example, > > however if the PHP5 packages is introduced before a PHP4 one, how > could it be dealt with? dep php>=5 > Otherwise, using file extensions in the same package may be the > only other way.. - .php4 & .php5 > Channels may be one way to solve this: - PEAR5 = php5 only > packages.. with .php5 files... on a different release cycle with > packages of the same name... Are you talking about having the same tree for many (major) php versions? Do we have to support every upcoming php releases? Or are you thinking about some realtime dependencies? Like I cannot load or run a php5 script using a php4 install? > I've no idea if PHP4 will remain a popular target, or PHP5 focused > packages will be the popular choice.... Realistically, I can not > see my clients upgrading for a year or two (it would take an > overwhelming need - like a serious bug in PHP4, to force this > probably), so PHP5 only packages may be nice for some of my pet > projects, they will probably remain difficult to use with everyday > work.. Then they do not install php5 packages. They cannot even do it using the normal way (only with --force, for now). --Pierre