Re: Re: status of dio

Hello, On 10/9/06, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> wrote:

# 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.

As I said, there was no commit from the maintainers in the last four years.

    Ok, so what if I'm willing to maintain it?

I don't think it should be a problem., please contact Alan Knowles (I CC him). --Pierre