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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:21:11 -0600
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To: Matthieu Napoli <matthieu@mnapoli.fr>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Using PECL without installing PEAR
From: ben@benramsey.com (Ben Ramsey)

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> On Nov 13, 2019, at 10:43, Matthieu Napoli <matthieu@mnapoli.fr> =
wrote:
>=20
> Hi all,
>=20
> Following a discussion with Nikita, I understood that [installing PEAR =
with PHP is =
deprecated](https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.4/UPGRADING#L98-L101=
 <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.4/UPGRADING#L98-L101>).
> However, installing PEAR is necessary for PECL to work (it uses PEAR).
>=20
> I started having a look at what could be done to use PECL without =
PEAR. This lead me to the following question: as a first step, would it =
make sense to provide PECL as a self-contained PHAR?
> That way users can download the PHAR and avoid install PEAR. Following =
that we can have a look at trimming the PECL package, but the PHAR would =
be a first step.
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
> Matthieu


What=E2=80=99s the status of the pickle installer? It doesn=E2=80=99t =
look like it=E2=80=99s been touched since 2017.

https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/pickle

I thought that was a promising project. Did it work well? Were there =
problems?

Cheers,
Ben


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