Re: [PHP4BETA] php and MS SQL Server....

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > >We should definitely offer CVS services to PEAR authors who want it, and > > >make this the default option, but they should have the option not to. > > >PEAR packages will have different release cycles than PHP, and we should > > >not add more dependencies between them than is necessary. > > > > Ah, that's better, because what Rasmus has been saying is that PEAR > > packages would be forced into being Open Source to be accepted. > > How are these two paragraphs related in any way? CVS has nothing to do > with Open Source. And yes, I still maintain that PEAR modules in the > official PEAR repository are to be Open Source. Aren't all CPAN modules > available at cpan.org Open Source? Just for the record, I agree completely that PEAR packages (not modules ;-) should be Open Source. Other repositories can deal with those who are not. - Stig