You can compare with Perl. CPAN has a looot of Perl extensions. Some extensions need the compilation of a .c file.
Unix users have a shell script to make & install new extensions. Windows users have ActiveState : a binary distribution with many CPAN extensions pre-built (and most Windows users are unable to add a new extension unless it has been packaged by ActiveState). IMHO, there should be an ActiveState-like distrib for Windows users. +1 for spinning off some extensions to PECL & keeping frequently used extensions +packaged. By the time 5.0 is ready, there should be some PECL tools ready (hopefully). Jean-François Bustarret > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Manuzhai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoyé : mardi 15 octobre 2002 09:25 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: [PHP-DEV] Plan for PHP 5.0 > > > He's got a point here... I've been using PHP since about > 4.0.2 and I've been > reading PHP-DEV for months (not all of it, but most), and I > still don't > really understand the concept of PECL. I understand it's some kind of > extension repository which allows for extensions to have > another release > cycle and versioning, but I don't know how I could get the > extensions ... > being a Windows user that always gets the binary > distribution. I can imagine > that most who have not been subscribed to PHP-DEV don't know > about it at > all. > > [obscure-language-mode] > Melvyn, ben jij ook webmaster van WebWereld? :) > [/olm] > > Regards, > > Manuzhai > > > "Melvyn Sopacua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > At 03:12 14-10-2002, you wrote: > > > > > > Great idea, but PECL doesn't work everywhere, for > example I believe > OSX > > > > does not yet support it (that being my main platform of > concern). > > > > > >If someone gives me an account on an OSX box (or even > better, puts an > > >OSX box into my mailbox! ;-) I will make it work. > > > > Not really forming an opinion yet, but wouldn't it be > better, to get PECL > > into the public domain first? This way you have the > testtime, bugreports, > > fixes, flames etc. to deal with, __before__ releasing a > major version. > > > > The way to do that, would be to move a 'non-core', but widely used > extension, > > to PECL and be ready to do some serious work on it. > > > > Just ask around - not many people have heard of PECL, outside > PHP/PEAR-DEV. > > > > > > > > Met vriendelijke groeten / With kind regards, > > > > Webmaster IDG.nl > > Melvyn Sopacua > > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
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