Re: Is "event" extension still maintained? Or what about libevent 2?
| From: | Julien Pauli | Date: | Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:59:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is "event" extension still maintained? Or what about libevent 2? | ||
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On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Ruslan Osmanov <rrosmanov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is `event' PECL extension still maintained? I'm thinking of writing new
> one, since both
event' and libevent' don't
> support libevent 2.
>
> I could contribute to libevent's code. But there is deprecated/changed API
> in libevent 2. Also, "libevent" isn't good name for extension(I know,
> "event" extension was already there...).
>
> Thus, if `event' extension is no longer maintained, I'd like to use this
> name for a new extension. Or, maybe you would suggest another name. Ehm,
> "AnyEvent", "YAEvent"("yet another event" :), "events",
> "ooevent"("object-oriented event" [I'd like to make OO API])... :-/
>
> So what's better:
>
> - a new extension with different name(e.g. "OOEvent")
>
> - fork libevent, make it compatible with libevent 2, add new functions,
> request merge;
>
> - fork libevent, make it compatible with libevent 2, add new functions,
> request merge?
>
> The main purpose is to add libevent 2 API support and some missing
> functions(e.g. ssl and http stuff)
>
Hello,
I don't think ext/event is maintained anymore, as the last release is back
from 2004.
ext/libevent should be maintained thought not very active.
Wait for their main authors to reply this mail, perhaps you could merge
your work with theirs ;-)
Julien.Pauli