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Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 21:33:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Starting 5.3
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Ilia,

Friday, May 4, 2007, 9:24:08 PM, you wrote:

> On 4-May-07, at 3:14 PM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:

>> Yes, to me the question is only if we want to give the message that  
>> software producers should be able to expect phar to be there on 99%  
>> of the systems. Thats the only way that phar has a good chance of  
>> really taking off as a php code distribution approach.

> It sounds like the merits of having phar is would only be apparent  
> after it is included in the core and everyone starts using it because  
> of that. This won't happen simply because most software producers  
> can't rely on extensions that are only available in version X.

So we stop developing PHP 6 immediately, right?
Ah no it is the reason people like you don't MFB.


Best regards,
 Marcus