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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:42:21 +0700
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To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com>
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	Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly.is@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate PEAR/PECL & Replace with composer/pickle
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Sep 12, 2016 3:24 PM, "Stanislav Malyshev" <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> >> PEAR/PECL as a package manager has historically had little utility to
the
> >> average user apart from installing those PECL extensions which aren't
> >> packaged by a particular user's distribution repository. Certainly
hasn't
> >> had any real viability in years. Trying to replace something that's
> >> inherently non-viable
> >
> > I beg to differ - this time with stats:
> >
> > https://pecl.php.net/package-stats.php
> > https://pecl.php.net/package-stats.php?pid=981&rid=&cid=7
> > https://pecl.php.net/package-stats.php?pid=214&rid=&cid=25
> >
> > Literally millions of downloads, and recently too.
> >
> > The PECL installer is in *wide* use.
>
> Is the stats for downloads by every mean or just by downloads via the
> installer specifically? I.e., if I just download it by clicking the link
> in web GUI, it is counted, or only when I use installer?

It is all downloads, I cannot remember if I  added the source back then.

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