# pecl binaries in PHP Win releases?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/632
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- Started by Christian Stocker on 2003-04-03T10:30:13+00:00
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## #632 — Christian Stocker — 2003-04-03T10:30:13+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/632#632

Hi

As it's quite hard/expensive for Windows users to compile their own
extensions, is there a possibility to add some PECL-extensions into the
Windows releases? Mainly there are ext/radius and ext/imagick, which I
know do compile on Windows (and wouldn't add that much to the download,
since ext/imagick for example does not statically compile the whole
imagemagick libraries)

Would be great, if someone could add them to the windows compile scripts
on snaps.php.net.

chregu

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## #633 — Jani Taskinen — 2003-04-03T11:14:05+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/632#633 · In reply to: #632

>As it's quite hard/expensive for Windows users to compile their own
>extensions, is there a possibility to add some PECL-extensions into the
>Windows releases? Mainly there are ext/radius and ext/imagick, which I
>know do compile on Windows (and wouldn't add that much to the download,
>since ext/imagick for example does not statically compile the whole
>imagemagick libraries)
>
>Would be great, if someone could add them to the windows compile scripts
>on snaps.php.net.

    Why not make a separate package of the extra extensions..?
    
    --Jani

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## #634 — mbretter@jawa@Michael Bretterklieber — 2003-04-03T11:23:50+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/632#634 · In reply to: #633

Hi,

Jani Taskinen schrieb:
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>     Why not make a separate package of the extra extensions..?
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in general its a good idea, but I'm thinking about how 
Webspace-Providers are installing and maintaining PHP, everything what 
is not in the "standard" distribution doesen't exist for them.
It's already a problem to convince them installing additional "standard" 
extensions or PEAR.

One possibility would be to move nearly (some extensions should stay in 
the PHP-dist like DB-extensions) all extensions to this extra package, 
then they have no chance to come around installing this extra package.

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## #637 — Dan Kalowsky — 2003-04-03T12:42:14+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/632#637 · In reply to: #632

> As it's quite hard/expensive for Windows users to compile their own
> extensions, is there a possibility to add some PECL-extensions into the
> Windows releases? Mainly there are ext/radius and ext/imagick, which I
> know do compile on Windows (and wouldn't add that much to the download,
> since ext/imagick for example does not statically compile the whole
> imagemagick libraries)

There was talk of providing PECL binary download system awhile back for 
users of Windows (and potentially OS X).  The biggest problem with 
providing such a service was PHP had no infrastructure to certify 
releases.  AKA an end user had no way to authenticate and prove that a 
binary download originated from and is issued by the PHP Group.

Marko Karrapinen had written up a proposal for doing just this in 
August 2002, but unfortunately, it hadn't gone much further than that.

> Would be great, if someone could add them to the windows compile 
> scripts
> on snaps.php.net.

I would like to suggest that this NOT happen until we can provide an 
authorization mechanism.  All it takes is one rogue extension compiled 
and written by someone outside of the PHP Group to destroy the already 
fragile trust in the PECL system.

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