On Dec 27, 2009, at 17:08, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Dec 27, 2009, at 17:00, nox wrote: > >> Is there a particular reason as for why php5-zip (and possibly other >> extensions) follows php5 versioning even though >> they have their own versioning through PECL [1]? >> >> Regards. >> >> [1] http://pecl.php.net/package/zip > > Exclusively because I was not aware the zip extension existed in PECL. > > For other extensions that I have found in PECL, they were older versions than > the ones available in the PHP source; I understood that the versions in PECL > were no longer being maintained, and that the latest version was available in > the PHP source. > > If that's not the case for zip and other extensions, they can be changed to > use the source from PECL. Please file tickets if that's the case. I'm just > confused as to why the developers of PHP still bundle it with the PHP source, > if newer versions are available elsewhere.
Upon further investigation, it seems that the PECL version of the zip extension is recommended for use with PHP 4: http://us.php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php For PHP 5.3, the version in the PHP source archive should be fine. I've compared the source of the zip extension in the php-5.3.1 and zip-1.10.2 archives and they're similar, but slightly different. It's hard to tell, but I believe the version in the PHP source is newer than the one in the standalone extension source, so I don't believe a change is needed in the php5-zip port at this time. Of course if you have information to the contrary please let me know. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
