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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] extensions status, to move to pecl or to drop
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Pierre Joye wrote:
> Hi Lester,
> 
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Apart from the problems created by changes made to the interbase driver in
>> the 5.1 and early 5.2 cycle ( the 64 bit version of which STILL has not been
>> repaired :( ) the driver still works fine with modern builds of Firebird so
>> there as been no need to improve on it. Those of us who use it have not been
>> persuaded that PDO has any advantage as yet, especially when you add ADOdb
>> in as a back end, so there is NOT a suitable version of PDO for
>> interbase/firebird and no one is working on THAT, so PLEASE do not remove
>> the one package that is working well :(
> 
> You need it? Please help me to maintain and to provide reliable
> binaries for windows or to keep it up to date when necessary (given
> your comment below).

WHEN there is a need to maintain it the Firebird Foundation could be persuaded 
to do so, the ONLY need for maintenance at the moment ids to fix bugs 
introduced BY the continuing unnecessary changes in each build of PHP.

>> As yet we have not identified any new functions in Firebird 2.1 that can not
>> still be accessed via current driver, so there has not even been a need to
>> spend time building an environment in which we can compile our own copies.
>> The binary versions supplied in Linux and Windows simply work.
> 
> We are very reluctant to continue to release binaries where we have
> zero ideas how we can update the dependencies without breaking
> anything in the extension or in the end user applications. I would
> have no problem to keep it and even to help to maintain it if (and
> only if) I have someone knowing firebird and its php drivers well
> enough to tell me if what I did works or not.
> 
> It is nice to complain how useless is PDO but it is way better to
> actually contribute and help us to make your software working with PHP
> :)

*I* would be more than happy to look at working on a PHP6 build of the 
interbase driver tailored to the UNICODE build of Firebird 2.1. That is once 
someone actually decides the base will be fore PHP6. I even installed a 
development build of PHP6 some time ago, but if there is going to be TWO 
versions of PHP6 then to be honest I am not interested. As soon as I can be 
sure that we have one base for PHP6 then I will return to that development, 
but PHP5.3 is just another totally unnecessary distraction. I have now got 
php_interbase restored on PHP5.2.x so is there any need to bother my customers 
with PHP5.3 - no. I'll wait now for PHP6 .....

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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