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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Starting 5.3
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Stefan Priebsch wrote:
> phar is a good way of deploying PHP code, as PEAR proves. As a cautious
> developer however, I am reluctant to using optional features that might
> not be available on my client's installation. And for regular users of
> PHP-based software, installing a PECL extension is not an option. If I
> cannot be sure that phar works on my client's system, I cannot use it to
> deploy software.
> 
> Uploading a phar file, then pointing your browser to it and running a
> PHP-based self-extracting installer similar to the Windows installers we
> know would make installing PHP software way more end-user-compatible.

And given the problem getting hosts to ADD PECL extensions, you expect that 
they will allow a third party application to install things on their locked 
down machines. I think the first problem is how does it integrate with hosting 
environments and will those hosts allow it to run?

> IMHO phar should be part of the PHP code, so that developers can rely on
> it as a means of PHP software deployment that certainly works on all
> systems, rather than another option.

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