Re: something I noticed re:licenses.

On 1/19/01 4:43 PM, "Kristian Koehntopp" <kris@koehntopp.de> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:28:49PM -0500, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote: >> The PHPLIB folks claim a large installed base and that PEAR >> should accept the phplib code as it is so as not to create >> compatibility problems. > > Not code, only the API. I have obligations to an installed base, > but these cover only the API, not the actual code that is being > run behind that API. This is an essential difference. > > Kristian > Agreed. I don't think that anyone in phplib-land expected the current code to simply *poof* into PEAR as is. I think we all know that there is some work to be done to PEAR-ify phplib in terms of using php4/PEAR syntax, methodology, and conventions, which IMHO is a good thing (adherence to a larger standard). I think we all realize that some stuff will get broken, in terms of phplib, as well. The wrapper classes are a different story and I don't think they should go into PEAR. A phplib-pear file should be availible from some source (maybe the phplib site, maybe in the php tarball, maybe SourceForge, I don't know..) that provides a phplib-7.2 compatible interface to PEAR for existing applications that require phplib and have not upgraded to the new syntax/API. I think that there's a miscommunication somewhere here between, phplib, PEAR and what exactly is going on. (Or maybe I'm just daft.. Always a possibility.. Hey look.. Shiny things! Oohhhh.) Anyway. My understanding is that phplib will be migrated/ported to PEAR and that the phplib classes will be PEAR-ified and pigeon-holed into their proper places in the PEAR tree (another, separate discussion). In that move some functionality would get broken by using php native sessions, PEAR::DB (if chosen) etc.. etc.. And the wrapper classes would provide backwards compatibility for a while till app developers and phplib users had a chance to test, try and port to the native PEAR packages. Is this the correct assumption, or am I looking at shiny things again? -n ........ nathan hruby Webmaster: UGA Department of Drama and Theatre Project Maintainer: phpSlash, Carousel nhruby@arches.uga.edu ........