Re: [PHP-DEV] Content of this list??? From: Garret Thomson (gthomson <email protected>)
Date: 09/29/00

Andi Gutmans wrote:
>
> Personally I think php-dev is the right forum for discussing any C level
> development, both extension module development and PHP core development
> (which is pretty much the same).
> The reason we aren't sending bug reports to a php-bugs mailing list is
> because the people who can fix bugs are usually on the php-dev mailing list
> and if we'd create a separate mailing list for them it would probably lead
> to only a small amount of people subscribing to the bugs mailing list and
> slow down bug fixing in PHP which I think is a bad thing. If someone is
> REALLY irritated by the bug reports they can filter it out but as a general
> rule I really prefer the C developers who know PHP development, both if
> it's core development or extension development to take time once in a while
> and take a look at incoming bug reports.
> This is why I really think having a separate forum for just extension
> development is not the right way to go because extension development is
> probably the most important development going on in PHP today and it should
> be discussed on the php-dev mailing list. You can't do much with PHP if it
> doesn't have extensions.
> If most people disagree with me we could host a separate mailing list but
> try and think if it's worth it. I personally think it would be a loss for PHP.
>
> Andi

I think you make a valid point (my filter engine feels loved ;) .. I just wanted to make
sure that this list was appropriate for the discussion of extensions that would never be
'released' to the general public, but were rather being developed in-house to solve and
glue in-house systems.

I realize that usually, in most places, data is stored and accessed through some sort of
open standard system (SQL, LDAP, etc .. ) for which the development of extensions benifit
us all, but there exists some places where data is still stored in binary files, accessed
through an internally developed API. I was getting sick of the overhead of writing trivial
tools in C for this data, so I figured I might as well develop an extension so I could get
at the data through PHP. But this wouldn't benifit anyone else. Only me. :) So it isn't
really the development of PHP in so far as the development of our software through the PHP
API.

Anyhow, maybe I'm over explaining. If I can discuss my problems here, then I'm happy. =)

Garret 

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