Re: Re: libzip?

Hello Pierre, Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:58:55 PM, you wrote: > 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). Do you or do you plan to or do you dream of? >> 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. First it is open source. Best regards, Marcus