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Date: 21 Jun 2003 11:49:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] removing bundled libmysql
From: sterling@bumblebury.com (Sterling Hughes)

Yep, that's my plan :-)

-Sterling

On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 11:55, Marcus B=F6rger wrote:
> Hello Sterling,
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> Saturday, June 21, 2003, 5:43:30 PM, you wrote:
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> SH> Hey,
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> SH> I'm putting this message out as a feeler.  I'm going to go ahead and
> SH> remove the mysql library from the PHP source tree.  This won't affect
> SH> the extension, it simply means we won't be bundling the *library* wit=
h
> SH> PHP anymore.  This is in a large part due to MySQL's decision to swit=
ch
> SH> to using the GPL for their client libraries as well.  Linkage will st=
ill
> SH> be available, but we can't ship the GPL library, and the MySQL 3.2.23
> SH> library can't connect to MySQL 4.1 servers, rendering it broken.
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> SH> Speak now, or forever hold your peace. ;-)
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> Please disable ext/mysql by default then, too.
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 but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."=20
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