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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:26:11 +0000
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To: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: memcache, without a d, as in Venezuela
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

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On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 15:53, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 12:00 AM AllenJB <php.lists@allenjb.me.uk wrote:
>
> > Someone was asking about memcache vs memached on IRC the other day and I
> > advised them the memcache extension looked abandoned based on the PECL
> > page. Having 2 such similar extensions is confusing - It would also be
> > nice if someone could document the major differences between the 2
> > extensions somewhere to help users decide which they might want to
> select.
> >
>
>
> memcached uses libmemcache, which only supports linux-like systems. This is
> the main reason to keep both.
>


That doesn't entirely follow: it's a reason why not to abandon the
without-a-d extension, but it doesn't actually justify keeping both.

It seems to me that *neither* extension is properly maintained right now
(the with-a-d extension has recent releases, but all wrapping an abandoned
upstream library); so if the without-a-d extension has better
cross-platform support, it might make sense to keep *only* that one
(revived from https://github.com/websupport-sk/pecl-memcache) and encourage
anyone interested to contribute rather than splitting the effort.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]

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