(anonymous) wrote: >>>>> - needs to install composer
>>> This is one of my pet peeves. It's one thing to have to install >>> dependencies to run MediaWiki, but having to install various dependencies >>> just to *install* it? Ugh! >>> Composer is a first step. [..] >> composer is being more and more used in the PHP world and I see it as >> essentially replacing Pear that probably nobody is going to regret. [..] > True, composer should be easier to work with than PEAR[1]. > However, afaik we never depended on any PEAR packages. > We either shipped them (Services_JSON), provided a fallback or made the > feature optional / in an extension. > -- Krinkle > [1] Easier to instal because it requires less permissions > since it uses local directory. Easier to deploy because of > this. And managed with a manifest in composer.json instead > of reading a manual of sorts etc. Shouldn't http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.shared.php allow installation of PEAR packages in local directories? Tim _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
