I think it is more of (my guess, blame me if I'm wrong) there aren't enough
active PHP developers for whom windows is the most important platform so
that window problems don't get noticed as quickly as other problems and so
don't get fixed as quickly and it ends up being the one system that appears
to hold things back and (naturally) more often falls the other side of the
cut off point.
No-one is to blame for this, how can one point the finger and say "Windows
should be more important to you than it is" although it is annoying.
Windows is also more different and has more problems (i.e. differences to
work with)
For instance I submitted the apache_child_terminate patch (edited via Sacha)
but it did not work with apache under windows - well how many platforms
build with *apache* in *multi-thread* mode?
It was picked up as a fault two weeks or more after the patch was submitted.
I avoid blame for this although my patch was deficient because I don't have
a windows build environment.
I think just just an unforunate thing, once more developers value windows it
will solve itself.
Anyway, this is my view of the problem, not a solution.
Sam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cynic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 02:19
> To: Zeev Suraski
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 4.0.4pl1 RC2 rolled
>
>
> Ok. I don't wanna be anyone's PITA, but is there something
> like a list of priorities when it comes to this kind of stuff?
> something like this:
> 1) CGI on Linux must build no matter what
> 2) mod_php4 on Linux must build no matter what
> 3) CGI on other Unices should build
> ...
> x) win32 CGI should build
> y) php4isapi.dll should build
> z) win32 mod_php4 should build
>
> As I wrote in one of private mails to Zeev, I think win32
> mod_php4 -> unix mod_php4 is the most natural (and easiest) way
> of development for many, given you have the closest possible
> environment, and win32 mod_php4 happens to be rock solid (when
> it builds)... but I'm biased, of course.
>
> Anyway, it really seems like win32 mod_php4 has the lowest
> priority of these, I think it would be otherwise available
> from www.php.net next to the ISAPI binaries... (I'm aware of
> php4win.de.)
>
> So, is there something like a list of priorities when it comes
> to building platforms? And what is it based on?
>
> I think win32 mod_php4 would eat quite a portion of the ISAPI
> pie if it was more known.
>
>
>
> At 14:51 10.1. 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >I don't think it's crucial for 4.0.4pl1...
> >
> >Zeev
> >
> >At 15:46 10/1/2001, Cynic wrote:
> >>4.0.4pl1 RC2 doesn't build as win32 mod_php4, so probably
> >>the patch I bugged you in should be there as well?
> >>
> >>Linking...
> >> Creating library ..\..\Release_TS_inline/php4apache.lib
> and object ..\..\Release_TS_inline/php4apache.exp
> >>mod_php4.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
> _zend_ini_rshutdown
> >>..\..\Release_TS_inline/php4apache.dll : fatal error
> LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
> >>Error executing link.exe.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>At 22:14 9.1. 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following:
> >>--------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>Only one change in this release - Daniel's PDF fixes were
> merged in. If all goes well, I want to release pl1 in 48 hours.
> >>>
> >>>Zeev
> >>>
> >>>
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