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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:44:56 +0200 (EET)
Reply-To: Jani Taskinen <sniper@iki.fi>
To: Wez Furlong <wez@thebrainroom.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Move old (or non-mainstream) extensions to PECL before
 beta 3
From: sniper@iki.fi (Jani Taskinen)


    I think the point in moving them to PECL is to make
    people realize that they are not supported. :)
    
    --Jani

    p.s. Can someone PLEASE nuke ext/db finally?!

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Wez Furlong wrote:

>The point is that there is no need to waste time moving
>things around if there is no build infrastructure in place.
>Having these extensions in php-src/ext is no different to
>having them in pecl/ except that they currently build under
>ext, but would require work to make them build under pecl.
>
>They are not hurting anyone where they are, so I suggest
>that it would be better to put the effort into the distro
>building script first, and then (if you're bored ;-) move
>these not-so-golden extensions into pecl.
>
>--Wez.
>
>> Maybe we should move extensions like dbase, ovrimos, ingress_ii, qtdom &
>> pfpro to PECL before releasing beta 3 ?
>>
>> Wez said, on IRC, that we need a script to pick out the "golden"
>extensions
>> for bundling, but Ilia pointed out that there's nothing golden about a few
>of
>> these.
>> -- 
>> Caution: breathing may be hazardous to your health.
>
>Especially at PHP conferences in germany ;-)
>
>