Hi Marcus,
what I want is php-src as minimum you can depend on. And php-default as
release managers playground. The RM can then say what he thinks is mature
enough to make it into a release.
What _I_ want is a PHP core that is really core. By that I mean things like:
date, spl, pcre, zlib, filter, simplexml, core-ish stuff such as PDO (no PDO
drivers, unless we bundle SQLite as we could/should IMHO so there's a
working DB for all), and underlying libs like libxml and mysqlnd that will
make life easier for the many. I think what is distributed with PHP should
be built-in and enabled by default, and it should include the basic
essentials for making a simple website without anything else being added -
and nothing more.
Everything else - the fashionistas (JSON, xmlreader/writer) and the
downright useful for some but not all (fileinfo, json, com_dotnet, posix)
and the quirky stuff (pretty much anything Sara came up with) - should be in
PECL.
A release managers playground? Maybe we should look at PHP core + a
'recommended' PECL release that ships with it, and refer everyone to
pecl.php.net/pecl4win.php.net for anything else.
This assuming the problems I listed earlier are dealt with, natch.
- Steph
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