Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:10659 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 2501 invoked by uid 1010); 20 Jun 2004 18:08:43 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 2406 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2004 18:08:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO colo.lerdorf.com) (66.198.51.121) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 20 Jun 2004 18:08:43 -0000 Received: from [192.168.1.103] (c-24-6-1-90.client.comcast.net [24.6.1.90]) by colo.lerdorf.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Debian-5) with ESMTP id i5KI8f0H018025; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:08:41 -0700 Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:08:36 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: rasmus@thinkpad.lerdorf.com To: Jan Lehnardt cc: Brad House , Derick Rethans , internals@lists.php.net In-Reply-To: <6FB8C776-C2E4-11D8-951D-000A959DD3A4@php.net> Message-ID: References: <40D5AB1F.7060005@mainstreetsoftworks.com> <40D5AEE1.1080408@mainstreetsoftworks.com> <04532721-C2DC-11D8-951D-000A959DD3A4@php.net> <40D5CC7E.1020302@mainstreetsoftworks.com> <6FB8C776-C2E4-11D8-951D-000A959DD3A4@php.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on colo Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] question on policy of renaming an extension From: rasmus@php.net (Rasmus Lerdorf) Please don't associate being moved to PECL with whether or not the extension is distributed as a standard PHP extension in the distribution tarball or not. The two have nothing to do with each other. -Rasmus On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > --[PinePGP]--------------------------------------------------[begin]-- > Hi, > On 20 Jun 2004, at 19:42, Brad House wrote: > > When PECL is better adopted by the community, and PHP provides > > documentation on them, I would have no problem moving it there. > > Following Rasmus' mail, moving your extension also increases > the convenience for you the developer and the users. > As a developer you're no longer tied to PHP's release > schedule, but you are free to release a new version whenever > you want. For the users of your extension it means, they can > have an updated version (be it a bug- or security-fix) anytime > you release it and not only when a PHP version comes out. > > Installing a PECL based extension is as easy as > $ pear install foobar > > See http://pecl.php.net/ for more information. > > Jan > -- > GPG Key: BB96 56B0 > Q: Thank Jan? - A: http://geschenke.an.dasmoped.net/ > --[PinePGP]----------------------------------------------------------- > gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! > gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information > gpg: Signature made Sun 20 Jun 2004 11:05:40 AM PDT using DSA key ID BB9656B0 > gpg: Good signature from "Jan Lehnardt " > gpg: aka "Jan Lehnardt " > gpg: aka "Jan Lehnardt " > gpg: aka "Jan Lehnardt " > gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! > gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. > Primary key fingerprint: 7BCC EB86 8313 DDA9 25DF 1805 ECA5 BCB7 BB96 56B0 > --[PinePGP]----------------------------------------------------[end]-- >