-- Rob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 02 February 2007, 06:42 AM +0000): > Michael Caplan wrote: > > Being a newbie, perhaps I am overlooking something here, but I don't > > understand your comment that "The Zend Framework works together, as a > > complete unit." I understand their are various component dependencies, > > but I don't believe that I can't use Zend_Pdf, for example, if the > > _entire_ framework is not installed. If PDF generation is my goal, I > > don't care to have to install 15MB of framework just to use that piece. > > If anything I see that as being an inhibitor for framework use, > > especially as the core framework size grows (and it is, isn't it?). > > > > Personally, I think that we should consider packaging up just library/ > for each release in addition to the entire caboodle that we do at the > moment. > > Certainly, on our production servers, we don't need demos/ > documentation/, incubator/ or tests/.
Just a note: most PEAR packages contain, minimally, tests, and often documentation and examples. Granted, however, the ZF documentation is the larger part of the install, so it may make sense to have it available separately. (It's good to have the tests available, as you may run them on an architecture different than those developing a component, which may expose new errors. Additionally, tests show you how the code is intended to work.) -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney PHP Developer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/
