Markus Fischer wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 09:58:31AM +0900, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote : > >>Markus Fischer wrote: >> >>>>>"Build outta the box" >>>> >>>>+1 for libxml2 bundle. This already discussed, isn't this? >>> >>> >>> -1 >>> >>> It's very actively developed. What is the reason of shared >>> libraries if we don't use it?! GD is a completely different >>> story. I even think it's not necessary to bundle >>> libmysqlclient because it's really installed everywhere where >>> mysql is available. >>> >> >>I undstand libxml2 develpment is very active. That's the >>one of the reason why I prefer to bundle. >> >>For example, I have to build libxml RPM by myself to >>install PHP 4.3.0, since it requires too new libxml2 :( >>Just another RPM build, though. > > > So? What is wrong with that?!
Just a pain to install :) > > >>I don't install compiler to servers just in case cracker >>got access to my boxes. I think most of us don't install >>compiler to servers. > > > If we go with this paradigm we'ld have to bundle everything > with PHP. Typically, administrators of such systems already > live with that they have to rebuild and update packages. > Not really, we just need to bundle libs that may have conflicts. GD is one, and libxml2 is another. (libxml2 changes too frequently and PHP requires specific version including patch level release. I think we can remove expat bundle now.) Most of us here have not problems to create custom packages for ourselves. Just matter of ease of use. -- Yasuo Ohgaki __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo! http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
