Hi!
I have critical (no, not PHP-language critical) patches which I think
need to get into 5.3.0.
I found 39 missing php.ini-both entries, and some missing deprecated
entries for the UPGRADING file.
See "my notes" at: http://pastebin.com/d7aa19753
I haven't "wasted" time on finding out wtf these ini entries actually
do, or even asked philip or gwynne to fix the inglés.. but if there is
even a remote chance it'll make it into 5.3.0 I'll do whatever it
takes to make it understandable.
-Hannes
On a related note; I am very disappointed in you all. Adding features
that only you know about is totally worthless, and in fact can be
harmful, if you don't tell people about it.
No. I am not talking about the xx/xxx people that show up to your talk
on a random conference. I am talking about the hundred of thousands
that don't read your cool blog.
If you truly want to help the community you know where to find us.
Lukas/Johannes: I am really sorry for the extreme late notice.. happ shittens :(
In my defense, last January I started threatening Johannes with stick
beating if noone did anything for the docs, and since noone really
understands the impact of f.e. mysqlnd I will be beating him with a
stick(-ish object) when I meet him...
I haven't "wasted" time on finding out wtf these ini entries actually
do, or even asked philip or gwynne to fix the inglés.. but if there is
even a remote chance it'll make it into 5.3.0 I'll do whatever it
takes to make it understandable.
Thanks for your work on this. Yes, we're going to repackage (see my next
mail) so could you please add this, at least, as rough draft? Thanks!
Could then EVERYBODY (including me, and lurkers on this list)
a) check whether all their stuff/the stuff they use/know is in
b) add the needed details and
c) then check the documentation and improve that.
As a side note:
Stackoverflow recently had this question about "Hidden features of
PHP"[1] most votes there came for the docs, now I don't consider them
"hidden" but still makes the point: One reason PHP became successful
is the documentation and as Rasmus recently said: We all (again, me
included) should work on keeping it great.
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/61401/hidden-features-of-php
johannes