Re: [PHP-DEV] ext/db From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 09/14/00

As you say I doubt many people use it and I guess it is activated by
default for historical reasons.
What are the problems you are having with it? On what platform?

Andi

At 17:13 14/09/00 +0300, Jani Taskinen wrote:

>I tried to fix those compile problems people have had
>with this. No luck. Then I made a radical move:
>
>rm -rf ext/db
>
>And did a buildconf/rebuild. Voilá! Everything works like charm.
>So is that extension really needed? If you want to have
>for example gdbm support, you'll do --with-gdbm=/path which
>then uses ext/dba.
>
>Question: Why does this ext/db even exist? AND WHY is it enabled
>for everybody ?? There isn't --without-db ..I guess that extension
>is relic from php3 ?
>
>Let's just nuke that shit. =) (I'll start insulting people if not..=)
>
>And don't start telling me anything about 'backwards compatibility'.
>If someone upgrades some software it is his/hers responsibility to
>READ e.g. Changelog or NEWS files to see if something has changed
>from previous version. It's starting to annoy (not just me I assume)
>when something is to be changed someone steps out of his closet and
>starts yelling about 'backwards compatibility'. Sometimes there just
>have to be made some radical decisions.
>And if it breaks someone's scripts: SO WHAT? It's their fault if
>they hadn't read what had changed _before_ upgrading!
>
>--Jani
>
>
>
>
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