On 4 Dec 2002, Stig S. Bakken wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 18:20, Philip Olson wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Wez Furlong wrote: > > > IMO, the manual should include all of the "maintstream" PHP extensions. > > > The reasoning is that if someone downloads the PHP manual, they expect > > > to get the PHP manual and not have to hunt around for docs on extensions > > > X, Y, Z. > > > > So "mainstream" is defined as which are bundled with the > > PHP4 source, whether it's in PECL or not? Does anyone > > know or have a list of what will go where and when? Is > > the install, configure, and use process different for > > PECL extensions? Why are any PECL extensions bundled in > > PHP4 source? That seems to defeat the purpose. > > Not quite. One purpose of separating the (cvs) source of PHP itself and > extensions is to be able to pick the latest working version of > extensions when releasing PHP, rather than waiting for extension > maintainers to fix bugs during the PHP release process.
Right, and what if the API changed? The 'working' extensions don't even compile then anymore. Of course this does not happen very often, but it's definitely something to think about. Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
