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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 22:21:32 +0700
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To: Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] New "PECL"
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Tue, Dec 5, 2023, 10:13 PM Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> You may mention https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/pickle
>
> which supports pecl.php.net pear format,  composer like support, and
> conversion to composer format.
>
> I did a website as well as a test bed and we had a long with the composer
> team what would be the best way to integrate it. That's something that
> became possible with composer 2.x, which now widely used. Similarly we
> discussed the idea to create a packagist dedicated to extensions.
>
> That would be, imo, the best option to date.
>
>
> The current code may need some updates for php8 but nothing difficult or
> requiring big changes.
>

there was also a draft rfc while we were thinking to propose to bundle it.
But we then decided to follow the composer's packagist philosophy instead.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pickle

>

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