Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Versioning rules for PHP/Zend/PEAR/Extensions From: Stig Sæther Bakken (ssb <email protected>)
Date: 09/27/01

[Andi Gutmans <andi <email protected>>]
> At 12:01 PM 9/26/2001 -0400, Joao Prado Maia wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> >
> > > I think the key still lies in creating a repository for C extensions where
> > > each extension can have its own release cycle.
> > >
> >
> >That is also true, but we still need a reliable way to check for the
> >version of specific extensions. Having just bumped into an inconsistency
> >between GD 1.6.2 and GD 2.01 output, this would help a lot.
> >
> >However, the problem is already out there and to create code that is truly
> >portable I couldn't rely on even this new (if it ever comes to life)
> >feature. This sort of thing really complicates writing portable code. not
> >just for different platforms but also for different versions of
> >extensions.
> >
> >Just a repository wouldn't help much from the programmer's perspective
> >IMHO, if the current situation continues.
>
> I agree completely. We need a way to check what version each extension
> is. We have broken BC quite a bit in 4.0.7 so maybe we should add this
> to 4.0.7 so that we can get this whole external C extension thing
> going ASAP?

Yes, definitely.

But what do you think about the versioning scheme Jani proposed?

 - Stig 

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  Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb <email protected>>
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