Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:35472 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 16750 invoked by uid 1010); 14 Feb 2008 01:48:12 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 16729 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2008 01:48:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Feb 2008 01:48:11 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=christopher.jones@oracle.com; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=christopher.jones@oracle.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain oracle.com from 148.87.113.118 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: christopher.jones@oracle.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 148.87.113.118 rgminet01.oracle.com Linux 2.4/2.6 Received: from [148.87.113.118] ([148.87.113.118:60422] helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id FD/AC-24174-8DD93B74 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:48:09 -0500 Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m1E1m46w004067; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:48:04 -0700 Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m1E1LxRk026324; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:48:03 -0700 Received: from dhcp-5op3-5op4-west-130-35-70-121.usdhcp.oraclecorp.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 7527891031202953646; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:47:26 -0800 Message-ID: <47B39DAD.8000307@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:47:25 -0800 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steph Fox CC: internals , greg@chiaraquartet.net References: <01c801c865d8$2e837e90$c6fc1f3e@foxbox> In-Reply-To: <01c801c865d8$2e837e90$c6fc1f3e@foxbox> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Splitting the subject: the PECL/PHP relationship From: christopher.jones@oracle.com (Christopher Jones) 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. Steph, Greg In interests of clarity for all, can you explain what you anticipate will change for PECL with Phar/Pyrus for Windows and non-Windows? Chris -- Christopher Jones, Oracle Email: christopher.jones@oracle.com Tel: +1 650 506 8630 Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ Free PHP Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad