Re: [PECL-DEV] PECL/memcache is looking for a maintainer

That is great to hear Pierre. I agree that library free extensions have 
many advantages. And having an open protocol, there is no reason this 
can not be achieved with PHP and memcached.

Brian.
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http://brian.moonspot.net/

On 3/22/10 10:15 AM, Pierre Joye wrote:
> hi,
>
> I'm steping in as maintainer as I do need memcache for a portable, dep
> free extension to work with memcached servers. While memcached is
> nice, libmemcached (what uses memcached) does not fit well in my
> hetegenerous environments and its code quality is discutable (while
> working well).
>
> My main goals are:
>
> - implement the binary protocl
> - fill the gaps with memcached
>
> Then:
> - bring API compatibility so an app can use one or the other without
> having to modify its code
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Brian Moon<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> I am all for competition amongst extensions, but I would like to request
>> that if this does not find a maintainer soon, it be deprecated in favor of
>> pecl/memcached. As someone that provides support to the PHP users in the
>> memcached mailing lists and talks about memcached at conferences, I have
>> started recommending the pecl/memcached extension more and more. It has
>> maintainers and has the advanced features of the binary protocol.
>>
>> I do not want to diminish the work that Antony and Mikael did on this
>> extension. It was the only extension available in PECL for a long time. It
>> served me and my interests very well. I appreciate the work they did.
>>
>> Brian.
>> --------
>> http://brian.moonspot.net/
>>
>> On 3/22/10 8:34 AM, Antony Dovgal wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all.
>>>
>>> This is an official announcement that PECL/memcache is currently looking
>>> for a maintainer.
>>>
>>> Mikael cannot continue his work due to a career change and I didn't follow
>>> the extension
>>> development for quite a number of years already, so we're looking for a
>>> person willing
>>> to take over the extension and continue its development and maintenance.
>>>
>>> Volunteers are very welcome.
>>>
>>
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