Re: disabling dead pecl extensions from pecl install
| From: | Johannes Schlüter | Date: | Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:25:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: disabling dead pecl extensions from pecl install | ||
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On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 10:45 -0500, Greg Beaver wrote:
> if people shouldn't install it, then remove the package. Otherwise, why
> have it?
For historical reasons. It's nice to have old releases somewhere,
sometimes.
> Alternately, set the maximum PHP version in the php dependency, and the
> installer will refuse to install it for newer PHP versions.
Then one has to make a new release which does nothing but prevent
installation, no? Would be nicer to set this in the Web-GUI.
johannes