Re: New extension update

There's no harm is getting the account application in now, though you'll want to post your code for initial review before your account can be approved. On a separate note, I want to ask again whether PECL is the right place for this module given that it amounts to a series of fread()/fseek() calls and formatting the data for end-user consumption. The advantage of a PEAR class is that it can more readily be used by end users particularly those on shared hosting providers where making a PECL class available for loading can be difficult at best. Of course, perhaps you're just looking for an exercise as much as anything. Though if that's your purpose I'd actually recommend going the librpm route then publishing it outside of php.net perhaps through sourceforge. (Not that I've always practiced what I preached in the past). -Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Teixeira" <ateixeira@gmail.com> Newsgroups: php.pecl.dev To: <pecl-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 6:21 AM Subject: New extension update Hello, I have done a good deal of work on the extension I proposed a week or so back. This was the extension that would read RPM files' headers and provide PHP functions to access the tags therein. I have since done away with the librpm (RPM's API) libraries and headers and have instead done it the "long way" by actually reading the bytes from the file to access the headers. This was all due to GPL licensing on the header files and libraries. I have not created the module yet, but have written the same functionality in a C program which should translate easily to a PECL module. Should I apply online for a PECL account at this point? I will hopefully have a working PECL module for this in another week or so that (I hope) will be free from licensing restrictions that have caused problems when I first suggested it. Please let me know your comments. Thanks.