> From: Joao Prado Maia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Why not separate everything and then bundle the more popular ones to the > normal PHP distribution on the time of a release ? I would love to be able > to upgrade just the 'GD' extension if there was a bug on the extension on > release PHP4.1.12 and it was fixed on PECL version of the extension > 2.1.23.
this sounds like the best idea to me release everything separately and make a current snapshot for a new php release of the most popular extensions Best regards, Lukas Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________ DybNet Internet Solutions GbR Alt Moabit 89 10559 Berlin Germany Tel. : +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax : +49 30 83 22 50 07 www.dybnet.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________ > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:09 PM > To: Zeev Suraski > Cc: Björn Schotte; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Adam Dickmeiss; Jim Winstead; php- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 5 > > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > At 16:06 02/01/2002, Björn Schotte wrote: > > >* Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > > Well, I think that the main motivation for separating the modules > away was > > > > the release schedule. I.e., separating the release schedule of each > > > > extension from the release schedule of the PHP core itself. > > > > > >Jep. Just to note: I'm +1 for it. > > > > > > Why not separate everything and then bundle the more popular ones to the > normal PHP distribution on the time of a release ? I would love to be able > to upgrade just the 'GD' extension if there was a bug on the extension on > release PHP4.1.12 and it was fixed on PECL version of the extension > 2.1.23. > > I would also love to be able to tell the users of my application to just > use the PEAR installer to download and install the bugfix release of the > GD extension instead of telling them to not use a particular buggy / not > compatible version of PHP. > > I can understand that it will mean more work to you guys to handle > several release independent extensions, but if you can just use the PEAR > installer to download the stuff from the repository, you will be able to > download the stable releases from PEAR and then build the general PHP > distribution. > > Joao > > -- > João Prado Maia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://phpbrasil.com - php com um jeitinho brasileiro > -- > Precisando de consultoria em desenvolvimento para a Internet ? > Impleo.net - http://impleo.net/?lang=br > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
