Re: [PDO] Re: An Idea for PDO 2

On 03.02.2008, at 20:04, Steph Fox wrote:

> Moin Lukas,
>
>>> Now, PECL has a couple of CLA'd modules already. I don't like  
>>> them  being there, and you have stated your own opinion loud and  
>>> clear. I  think we should be looking for some way to separate out  
>>> CLA'd PECL  modules to elsewhere but leave the PECL structure in  
>>> place for those  modules. It's important to offer at least that  
>>> much, because as long  as the licensing is sound, CLA'd or not  
>>> CLA'd doesn't impact end  users - just contributors.
>>
>> Well thanks to a separate PEAR channel, we have all the  
>> infrastructure easily setup to have a different place for users to  
>> pick up the code.  Or are you more concerned about the CVS, than  
>> the distribution of the packages?
>
> Eh? No, I'm concerned about binaries in the Windows version. We just  
> don't have a working pecl install option. If anyone wants CVS they  
> can use cvs or tortoisecvs or whatever, but that's irrelevant to  
> users...

Well Greg has long been talking about adding the ability to bundle  
binaries in PECL packages. Not sure if this is included in the next  
generation installer Pyrus. Again, I personally do not think that the  
distribution we ship would be so radically different, so this would  
not be an issue that would increase in importance. However sure,  
making it easy to get binaries to people who cannot compile would be a  
great thing for PECL in general.

regards,
Lukas