Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:14955 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 55165 invoked by uid 1010); 15 Feb 2005 04:57:23 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 55119 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2005 04:57:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Feb 2005 04:57:22 -0000 X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.58.150.153 miranda.org Linux 2.4/2.6 Received: from ([209.58.150.153:44195] helo=miranda.org) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 1.2.11rc1 (r4431)) with SMTP id 69/07-26408-23181124 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:57:22 -0500 Received: (qmail 5239 invoked by uid 546); 15 Feb 2005 04:56:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Feb 2005 04:56:53 -0000 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:56:53 -0500 (EST) X-X-Sender: adam@miranda.org To: Wez Furlong cc: Christian Schneider , internals@lists.php.net In-Reply-To: <4e89b42605021417374ce885e1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <420ED226.3090702@bitflux.ch> <420F8D1F.4010402@bitflux.ch> <5.1.0.14.2.20050214162726.03794bd0@localhost> <20050215010122.39406.qmail@lists.php.net> <4e89b42605021417374ce885e1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Anyone against requiring libxml2 2.6.x for PHP From: adam@trachtenberg.com (Adam Maccabee Trachtenberg) On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Wez Furlong wrote: > I was talking with George about this at lunch today. If we really > really do require the new version, then we should add a configure > check to enforce it, otherwise we should use appropriate #ifdefs. Agreed. If we're requiring it, we need to modify the configure check. > So, my 2 cents are: if it's too much trouble to maintain those ifdefs, > bump the minimum requirements, otherwise, let's try to keep it > flexible. libxml2 is on a release monthly schedule. There are always new versions coming out. This is how they deal with fixes and patches. Part of the reason (I believe) Christian wants 2.6.x is to deal with certain features that aren't in the 2.5.x feature set, and that's probably also why ext/soap needs 2.6.3. -adam -- adam@trachtenberg.com | http://www.trachtenberg.com author of o'reilly's "upgrading to php 5" and "php cookbook" avoid the holiday rush, buy your copies today!