On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Peter Cowburn <petercowb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> >> On 15 July 2014 08:55, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Adam Harvey <ahar...@php.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On 14 July 2014 10:46, Peter Cowburn <petercowb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > On 14 July 2014 18:12, Juan Treminio <jtremi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > Hi all, >>>> > > >>>> > > I am the owner/maintainer of the FOSS project PuPHPet, which allows >>>> > > developers to quickly (and hopefully, easily) create >>>> highly-customized >>>> > > virtual machines using Vagrant and Puppet. Right now the project >>>> leans >>>> > > heavily in favor of PHP-specific builds, but in the near future I >>>> wish to >>>> > > add other languages as well, while keeping PHP as the main focus. >>>> > > >>>> > > The URL is https://puphpet.com >>>> > > Github is https://github.com/puphpet/puphpet >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > +1 on adding PuPHPet to the sidebar on http://php.net/downloads.php >>>> > >>>> > While we’re there, let’s add dotdeb.org and Ondřej’s repos to the >>>> list. >>>> > >>>> > Objections? >>>> >>>> http://deanhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/do-it.png >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>> >>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've already mentioned this on irc (I wasn't aware that there is a >>> thread about it), but I don't think that it is a good idea to add this to >>> the list. >>> Adding this would be a precedence for adding http://phansible.com/ and >>> every other project which has anything to do with virtualization and php. >>> That block was originally added to link to MacOSX binaries where it >>> wasn't available by default nor common for the users to build php for >>> themself: >>> >>> http://git.php.net/?p=web/php.git;a=commit;h=e2c704cf3885819fb8f06fc5c8814c2e52c4c234 >>> Little by little, we ended up in a situation, where we even list >>> alternative repos for linux distros where php is already available from the >>> distributor, and multiple amp stack for the same platform. >>> Given how much do we suck keeping that list up-to-date, and people are >>> willing to fight tooth and nail to get listed there, if anything I would >>> like to see that block to be removed. >>> What do you think? >>> >> >> If we're going to refuse adding projects like PuPHPet and friends, then >> I'd say that those sidebar links have outlived their usefulness. I >> certainly don't want it to look like we're giving preferential treatment to >> the [wxm]ampp? family, to the exclusion of more fashionable ways of setting >> up a PHP dev env today. >> >> > > this is how we ended up in the current situation, where we don't really > think that all those links are warranted, but we can't refuse to add > another similar project (albeit I do think that adding phpuppet would > create a new precedence with wider interpretation of "Binaries") when they > ask for it. > so I think that we will either eventually end up listing everything plus > the kitchen sink, or we remove that block while we can. > > > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu > (and shame on me that I'm having a hard time correctly typing the name: it is puphpet and not phpuppet!) -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
