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

On 22 March 2010 15:50, Herman Radtke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would also like to help.  I am pretty familiar with php extensions
> and use memcache extensively.
>
> I will start by fixing some of the reported bugs and then maybe Pierre
> and I can work out a roadmap.
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Pierre Joye <[email protected]> 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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>>
>>
>>
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Now that is a perfect example of the Open Source community in action.

Nicely done everyone.


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