Re: libzip?

On Jan 11, 2008 8:23 PM, Greg Beaver <greg@chiaraquartet.net> wrote: > > Pierre wrote: > > On Jan 11, 2008 5:21 PM, Gregory Beaver <greg@chiaraquartet.net> wrote: > >> Hi Pierre and folks, > >> > >> I wondered if you and the others would be amenable to moving libzip into > >> its own extension just like libxml is? This way, both ext/zip and > >> ext/phar could link to it without hassle, and it would be easier to > >> coordinate the efforts to move it into using php streams. I would be > >> happy to initiate the move and provide patches against all branches. > > > > Exporting the symbols will do the same. We can move the library > > outside but I don't want to do that for one very important reason: > > Keep the releases in both pecl and php-src. That's what makes zip very > > popular, there is no delay between important fixes and the releases. > > Hi again, > > Then do you mind if I begin work on the libzip inside pecl/zip? I never had problems with contributions. What do you want to change or add? As I told you, I have many changes to apply to add support for large files and allow lazy loading/saving (instead of keeping the file handles open). > The > problem right now is that zip and phar cannot be built statically at the > same time, and it breaks gcov. I know that :) That's why I told that importing it in phar was a bad idea. It would have been better to ask before. Cheers, -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org