-1 from me on this idea.
Pear updating something as fragile as the framework could cause all
kinds of serious problems for sites using it as a shared library.
It would be better to have a cli tool for framework installation.. a web
installer like go-pear would probably be a better format for this.
I'd also still continue to advocate when using a shared library approach
that people use a versioned installation path like
/usr/share/php/ZendFramework/ZendFramework-1.5 such that bootstrap files
can pick their target versions explicitly.
Kevin
Wil Sinclair wrote:
Actually, I'm a bit ignorant since I'm a relative PHP newbie, but let
me turn that question around- why would a PEAR channel be a good way
to distribute ZF? That is, considering the current ZF installation is
basically download, decompress, and update include path, what does
PEAR bring to the table that I'm missing?
,Wil
*From:* Bryce Lohr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:13 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [fw-general] ZF Packaging
I second the request for PEAR channel. Is there any reason why that
would not be a good way to distribute the framework?
Regards,
Bryce Lohr
Pádraic Brady wrote:
/Hi Will,
It sounds good - an optional lean package would frighten off far less
prospective users who have heard tales about HDD's dying from the
strain of downloading the ZF ;).
I would still like to see a PEAR channel emerge at some point though -
that may be a fanciful concept but I gather from the last paragraph
something along those lines is under consideration?
Hope someone comes up with colourful names for these variants!
Best regards,
Paddy/
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----- Original Message ----
From: Wil Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:36:39 PM
Subject: [fw-general] ZF Packaging
As part of the 1.5 release process, we've been reviewing the size of our
distribution package and what contributes the most weight. We've
determined that there are a few 'heavyweights' that we currently have in
the zips/tarballs that many- if not most- users will never need. These
include the unit tests, the demos, and the locale files (currently
consuming ~8MB uncompressed on my hdd :O). With these components, the
1.0.3 release is ~5.3MB compressed on my hdd. We would like to
distribute, starting with the 1.5 RC1, a 'lean and mean' ZF package
alongside the 'everything' package. The 'lean and mean' package would
not contain the tests, demos, locale files, or extras. 'Everything'
would include, well, everything- even docs in html format. To facilitate
access to the omissions from the 'lean and mean' release, we would
provide a download action for the CLI tool so they can be retrieved and
installed in the correct place with a single command.
Thomas can give more details about how the locale-aware components would
behave in this proposal.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
,Wil
