Re: Re: status of dio

# pierre.php@gmail.com / 2006-10-09 18:03:17 +0200: > On 10/9/06, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> wrote: > ># Sergio.Paternoster@h3g.it / 2006-10-09 17:26:59 +0200: > >> From: Pierre [mailto:pierre.php@gmail.com] > >> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:19:50 +0000 neuhauser@sigpipe.cz (Roman Neuhauser) > >wrote: > >> > >> > > what's up with dio? I'd like to use it, is it going to be released > >> > > anytime soon? > >> > > >> > Given that the maintainers has not commited anything since 4 years, you > >> > should not have too much hope. The only changes were done when the > >> > extension was still in PHP. > > > >> Yes, I checked the package several times. Anyway, what we have at the > >> moment is working good... > > > > dio is a would-be dependency of a unit testing library I've been > > writing[1]. If I'm going to have my program packaged for BSDs[2] and > > Linux distributions[3], the packaging and installation processes > > need to be hassle-free[4]. > > > > So, if dio *does* work, can someone with enough karma release it? > > I do not think anyone with karma will release it. Releasing a dead > package is a bad idea. It says that a package is maintained and alive, > it is not. If you need, you can always use the CVS version or bundle > it. The package seems to be very alive and well, judging from the official PHP manual: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dio.php says nothing about dio being dead. Ok, so what if I'm willing to maintain it? -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991