This is better to discuss here...
Ainsi parlait Colin Guthrie :
> Guillaume Rousse wrote:
>
>
> > So it seems to be a packaging problem with the pear package, right ? I
> > just
had a look at the package, but i'm not php fluent enough to fix
> > it, so i prefer to let its maintainer fix it.
>
>
> I guess it looks that way! There may have been a decision to stop
> including the Date code, perhaps PHP's own built in functions
> superceeded them at somepoint. I'll do a little digging and see if I can
> find out, otherwise, I'll talk to the maintainer and see what I can work
> out. Perhaps I'll redo the package myself and pass it on to him.
>
>
> > However I was quite surprised to see this package doesn't carry its
> > sources,
but fetch them at buildtime. This break general packaging
> > practice, and prevent offline building, so i don't see the point.
>
>
> Yeah, this does seem a little odd. I agree that it should not download
> them at "build" time (admitidly it's not technically building anything,
> seeing as this is PHP!!) for offline building. That said, with PHP,
> you're generally doing web stuff and are usually online, but this is
> still breaking the good practice rules!
>
>
> > BTW, the url should also be changed to http://pear.php.net
>
>
> Cool. I'll have a fiddle myself and see what I can do.
>
> All the best.
>
> Col.
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