Re: [phpslash-users] [Fwd: [phplib] [Fwd: [PHP-PEAR] Merging PHPLIB into PEAR]]
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From: <kr...@ko...> - 2001-01-18 10:59:58
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In netuse.lists.phpslash you write: >- Continue using phplib (Ulf and Kristian are writing a wrapper class to >support phplib in PEAR for the short term) and deal with migrating to >PEAR in the next devel cycle.. (I personally think PEAR sucks, same with >php's built in session code which things will be rewritten to use, as >well as PEAR::DB and friends) >- Rewrite everything (again) to use something like binarycloud (which >might not be that bad.. it seems cool, I need to look into more, it's >got auth/user/perm/templates.. I moght do this for a diffrent project >I'm working on: Carousel - that other thing down there in my sig :)). >Or we can all go home and let phpNuke have the glory. I fully understand that there is _much_ code out there using PHPLIB. I assure you, I won't let that code break. I won't hasten things. But: There is very little use in maintaining two large class repositories with incompatible interfaces (or three, counting in binarycloud as well). PEAR is the one repository that is being distributed with each install of PHP. If you want to be part of a standard PHP install, you become part of PEAR. If you do not like PEAR, you must become part of PEAR and change it to suit your needs. We (Ulf and I) will do that, and when we are satisfied, we invite you to do the transition. I recommend that the Binarycloud people have a look at PEAR as well, and hit it hard. There is much in it that (IMHO) sucks at the moment. If you do not kill what sucks, it will become standard part of each PHP install. This cannot be what you or anybody wants. Finally: PHP 4 is the future. PHP 3 has not been developed actively for some months now. There is less and less bugfixing done on it. Force your providers to upgrade. There will be less and less support for PHP 3 by library creators and maintainers. And again: We try to break as little code as possible and we try to do this migration with you, the PHPLIB users, and make it as smooth as possible and over an extended timeframe. But we will become of the PHP standard install, and that's a good thing. Kristian |