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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Splitting the subject: the PECL/PHP relationship
From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Steph Fox wrote:

> 1) Distribution woes need to end. With the work Greg's been doing lately on
> PHP_Archive/Phar, that's very close to being attainable now in the physical
> 'getting PECL'd extensions out to people' sense, but unless people are running
> CLI or CGI or have access to their own php.ini they still can't do much with
> those extensions. So we have to seriously consider how to recommend extensions
> to hosts, other than by shipping them with the PHP core.
> 
> 2) Maintenance status needs to be part of the equation.
> 
> 3) Stability needs to be part of the equation.
> 
> 4) Appropriateness to a given PHP branch needs to be part of the equation.
> 
> 5) CS and documentation need to be part of the equation.
> 
> Thoughts?

Yeah, my main concern is actually not with the one above, except for 2) 
perhaps. The brilliant thing to have everything in core, is that it gets 
checked out, updated, etc like all other standard parts. Becaus of this 
compile errors and other related issues are *quickly* discovered - this 
is especially important when it comes to OS-differences. 

regards,
Derick