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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:04:02 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Make mysqlnd default over libmysql in 5.4
From: me@mikestowe.com (Michael Stowe)

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+1 and agree that it should be implemented before the beta.




On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote:

> Am 02.09.2011 21:24, schrieb Stas Malyshev:
>
>  Hi!
>>
>> On 9/2/11 12:17 PM, Christopher Jones wrote:
>>
>>> I'm +1 for this. I think the decision& implementation needs to be done
>>> before Beta or deferred to trunk.
>>>
>>
>> Frankly, I'd be more comfortable with trunk. We have enough trouble with
>> unit tests etc. before the beta, and introducing profound change in
>> default without enough time for discussion and gathering feedback from
>> packagers, etc. doesn't look a smart thing to do.
>>
>
> Hmm, I do not understand the unit test argument. Non-portable tests exist
> regardless of what the config.m4 default is.
>
> We are talking about making mysqlnd as a compile default, if not explicitly
> choosing libmysql to compile against. This is no attempt to remove libmysql
> support. I somewhat assume most packagers do explicitly set libmysql path
> already and do not rely on any magic, because they don't use MySQL's default
> source layout. However, argument taken, let's do some checks who (Debian,
> Ubuntu, OpenSuse, RH, ...) does not set libmysql path during compile.
>
> mysqlnd was introduced with PHP 5.3. IMHO, it has matured quite well.
> Mysqlnd reduces the PHP projects dependency on anybody controlling the
> library. This has been a major pain in the past. Think of builds made
> against outdated versions of libmysql, think of waiting for new libmysql
> releases, think of compilers not supported by libmysql, think of license
> discussion, think of accepting code contributions and so forth.
>
> From a user perspective mysqlnd removes the need to install libmyql prior
> to building and a has a couple of neat features not available with libmysql,
> for example, the plugins.
>
> Ulf
>
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