Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:22972 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 95963 invoked by uid 1010); 26 Apr 2006 15:47:11 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 95948 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2006 15:47:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Apr 2006 15:47:11 -0000 X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: iliaal@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 66.249.82.205 xproxy.gmail.com Linux 2.4/2.6 Received: from ([66.249.82.205:46381] helo=xproxy.gmail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.0 beta r(6323M)) with SMTP id AB/99-19715-DF59F444 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:47:10 -0400 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t14so1227348wxc for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:47:06 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-priority:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer:sender; b=mhWrZATIxI6GnE7woXCdxIoGoV3UexdJXZk7bFNN37Rh2QOqiRzNSBeno67bnFQJy5+BXnPibhVKmu8feD0T8kPG/94DaV6lePwj675b1YlkdF3g3eEfyA9kPS9ZKFpdiIEbudkfldk93YtpbzQxbNwQvqW3iZKftcUYqY3FUnc= Received: by 10.70.98.9 with SMTP id v9mr2801719wxb; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.121? ( [65.74.192.52]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i36sm2232446wxd.2006.04.26.08.47.00; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:47:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <017201c66886$3a3d2570$6602a8c0@foxbox> References: <444D475B.1060200@zend.com> <003601c66839$a92ea9b0$6602a8c0@foxbox> <4e89b4260604250758h5588d1abk1fd4a72dfc1b29d4@mail.gmail.com> <015c01c66882$9284ed20$6602a8c0@foxbox> <017201c66886$3a3d2570$6602a8c0@foxbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-ID: Cc: "Wez Furlong" , "Antony Dovgal" , "internals" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:46:51 -0400 To: "Steph Fox" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Sender: Ilia Alshanetsky Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] more candidates for PECL From: ilia@prohost.org (Ilia Alshanetsky) On 25-Apr-06, at 12:35 PM, Steph Fox wrote: > Hi Wez, > >> The problem with moving ext/skeleton is that we'll end up shipping >> PHP >> without an extension template of any kind. Almost every single PHP >> book that talks about writing extensions uses ext_skel to do so. > > Since when have existing books been a reason not to change something? > >> Giving PECL_gen some good press is a different issue, and does not >> require that we move ext/skeleton or ext_skel. >> >> I can't see any negative points to keeping ext/skeleton in the tree. > > I can't see any positive ones :) > It provides a basic template for making new extensions without having to go searching through PECL, this is a big + IMHO. Ilia Alshanetsky Advanced Internet Designs Inc. ilia@prohost.org