On Thu, 30 May 2002, Marko Karppinen wrote: > I think the solution would be to allow PECL to optionally fetch the > libraries an extension depends on, quite like FreeBSD ports.
While this idea would be excellent, any recent readings on the FreeBSD list you'll find the limitations of the ports collection (thus their continuous work on a new system). I like the ports system very much. But I don't see PHP moving to become an OS level version tracker. Which is very much what will be required to be implemented for this idea to work. I still stand on the ground that if a user/system-administrator wants capability ABC, they better be damn sure they know what they're doing, the benefits, the disadvantages, what version of software they are using, and what (if any) potential security holes that software opens up. Granted most people just say "./configure && make install" but then that is their choice to ignore the information. >---------------------------------------------------------------< Dan Kalowsky "The record shows, I took the blows. http://www.deadmime.org/~dank And did it my way." [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "My Way", Frank Sinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
