Re: Request to add the SQL Server PHP extensions to PECL

hi Amina. Please request pecl and SVN accounts at: http://pecl.php.net/account-request.php and http://php.net/svn-php.php One per developer. Please ping me back once it is done. Cheers, On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Amina Saify <amisaify@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi all, thank you for your great feedback on our request to adding SQL Server PHP extension to > PECL submission. Based on your feedback, we will be leveraging our current infrastructure for source > code, which is on codeplex. We have our documentation ready as per PECL guidelines. Let us know what > the next steps are to move forward in this direction. > > Thanks > Amina Saify > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ashay Chaudhary > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:21 AM > To: pecl-dev@lists.php.net > Cc: Jonathan Guerin; Amina Saify > Subject: RE: [PECL-DEV] Request to add the SQL Server PHP extensions to PECL > > Hi all, > > I see a couple of responses from Pierre and Stig, with some suggestions. Anybody else? > > Best regards, > > : Ashay > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ashay Chaudhary > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 2:31 PM > To: pecl-dev@lists.php.net > Cc: Jonathan Guerin; Amina Saify > Subject: RE: [PECL-DEV] Request to add the SQL Server PHP extensions to PECL > > Hi Pierre (and everyone else too), > > Thanks for the quick and polite responses. We waited for all responses so that we can address > the issues that were brought up. > > 1. Is the read-only a typo? No it's not a typo. We cannot take any contributions at this > time. By virtue of the source code residing in PECL, we would love to get the additional visibility > from the PHP community and the feedback that comes in through bug reports, comments, etc. If a > critical bug were to be found (say the code does not compile due to some change), we will be > responsive and prioritize it accordingly and work with you to resolve the situation. > 2. The source code is C++. We believe the conclusion here is that while this is not typical it > is not a major concern. It is our plan to provide the right source files to enable others to compile > it. > 3. Code-dump-on-release or not. This is a great question. We will start with the current code > for our latest release. We are planning our next release; once we have our plans finalized we will > be able to communicate our source release cadence. > > We have received numerous requests from the PHP community to put this extension into PECL and > this request is a direct response to that feedback. In addition to the extension source code, we are > ready to include tests and documentation to PECL and actively maintain the project. > > We really appreciate your consideration to our request. We've made progress over the last > few years and hope to make more progress over time - one step at a time. We are looking forward to > working with you on this next step.. Please let me know if we can answer any other questions you may > have. > > Thanks, and best regards, > > : Ashay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Joye [mailto:pierre.php@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:49 AM > To: Ashay Chaudhary > Cc: pecl-dev@lists.php.net; Jonathan Guerin; Amina Saify > Subject: Re: [PECL-DEV] Request to add the SQL Server PHP extensions to PECL > > hi Ashay, > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Ashay Chaudhary <ashayc@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> This project has always been open source from the beginning at >> http://sqlsrvphp.codeplex.com. We would like this extension to >> follow the existing PECL extension development and release process by hosting and maintaining the >> source code on pecl.php.net in the read-only repository, just like some other PECL extensions. > > There is no such thing as read only repository in pecl or in php.net. > We did that in the past for IBM, but it was a one person decision and we don't do it > anymore. However it could be a mistake in this mail so let wait on your next reply :) > > > Cheers, > -- > Pierre > > @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | > http://www.libgd.org > > > > -- > PECL development discussion Mailing List (http://pecl.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org