Re: Is "event" extension still maintained? Or what about libevent 2?
| From: | Wez Furlong | Date: | Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:16:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is "event" extension still maintained? Or what about libevent 2? | ||
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I don't believe anyone is actively working on these any more, it would make
sense for someone to take ownership.
--Wez.
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net> wrote:
> 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 Thus, if `event' extension is no longer maintained, I'd like to use this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
>