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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:29:55 -0700
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To: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Fixing bundled extension version mess
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
>
> We tried that many times but we fail to handle the version of bundled
> extensions.
>
> Along with some installer work and other integration (projects
> dependencies management, composer or other), we need to find a way to
> get rid of this problem.
>
> What do you think to simply use the PHP version number instead of some
> outdated (most of the time) version for all bundled extensions?
>
> For extensions being available both bundled or externally, the
> external versions will provide a sane version number when installed
> (like timezone db or other).
>
> Doing so will make requirements management much easier by adding a
> list of core extensions per PHP version.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Pierre
>
> @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org
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Big +1 for this!  It would certainly make things less confusing for many
people.

--Kris

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