+1 and agree that it should be implemented before the beta.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wen...@phpdoc.de> wrote: > Am 02.09.2011 21:24, schrieb Stas Malyshev: > > Hi! >> >> On 9/2/11 12:17 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: >> >>> I'm +1 for this. I think the decision& implementation needs to be done >>> before Beta or deferred to trunk. >>> >> >> Frankly, I'd be more comfortable with trunk. We have enough trouble with >> unit tests etc. before the beta, and introducing profound change in >> default without enough time for discussion and gathering feedback from >> packagers, etc. doesn't look a smart thing to do. >> > > Hmm, I do not understand the unit test argument. Non-portable tests exist > regardless of what the config.m4 default is. > > We are talking about making mysqlnd as a compile default, if not explicitly > choosing libmysql to compile against. This is no attempt to remove libmysql > support. I somewhat assume most packagers do explicitly set libmysql path > already and do not rely on any magic, because they don't use MySQL's default > source layout. However, argument taken, let's do some checks who (Debian, > Ubuntu, OpenSuse, RH, ...) does not set libmysql path during compile. > > mysqlnd was introduced with PHP 5.3. IMHO, it has matured quite well. > Mysqlnd reduces the PHP projects dependency on anybody controlling the > library. This has been a major pain in the past. Think of builds made > against outdated versions of libmysql, think of waiting for new libmysql > releases, think of compilers not supported by libmysql, think of license > discussion, think of accepting code contributions and so forth. > > From a user perspective mysqlnd removes the need to install libmyql prior > to building and a has a couple of neat features not available with libmysql, > for example, the plugins. > > Ulf > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- ----------------------- "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." John 15:12 -----------------------
