Re: Trying to get Windows building CRM114

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 05:39:48AM +0100, Ger Hobbelt wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Well, open source or not, it's not built into any common operating systems
> > or system utilities. and the compression and bandwidth difference is....
> > quite modest. For a public utility, it's a turnoff right from the start. It

well, usually 2 times and up to 3 times better compressin than stock gzip.
Quite appreciable.

> > also presents yet another security issue of another unfamiliar, unpopular
> > utility on one's system, even if it is open sourced.

yes, but keeping new things always out of the door doesn't sound right, 
either. Just consider this ML is about another bugger on the toolset pile ;)

> >> Oh, and how recent were these 'I want PCRE support' inquiries exactly? At
> >> least none of those came through these mailing lists the last 1.5 years or
> >> I've missed something vital there.
> >>
> > I'm not the one who got asked: from discussion here, it's considerably
> > harder than one might realize because the regexp syntax is distinct.

I'd rather keep compatibility/compilabilty with other regex libs, if that
doesn't mean too hassles for the autoconf.

> then: if serious capital-wielding customers want PCRE, it's a go, huge

that's not me but, ...

> waves of popular demand is a serious incentive, anything less is a
> certified ditch, off to /dev/null
> Given the waves of appeal ripping through this ML about that earlier Q
> about PCRE, I guess its odds like Mally No-Show its a goner. Good

crm114 adopted TRE from start, afaikt, 'cause of NULL support; gnu-regex 
would be just fine for most usage. PCRE is another (*the* other) fairly
extended regex engine out there. If eg Ville gets tired of supporting 
TRE, PCRE would still be just a --* config option away.
My 0.02

-- 
paolo

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