On 31.08.2008, at 19:24, Derick Rethans wrote:
If you know this so well, why did you ignore it for all the extensions
that you moved to PECL? From the NEWS file:
- Moved extensions to PECL (Pierre):
. ext/dbase
. ext/fbsql
. ext/ming
. ext/sybase (not maintained anymore, sybase_ct has to be used
instead)
Those four all have no history anymore in pecl/<extname>
Yes, its far from trivial to restore the history now in order to move
it to PECL. However the history is obviously not lost, its still
available in php-src. Of course it would be ideal if it would be
available in PECL too, but I personally do not think its worth the
trouble to attempt to restore things so that the history can be moved
to PECL. For the future I have noted down the steps in the release
process readme.
For ext/ming Pierre has promised to do the 0.3 compatible release
based on PHP 5.2. Frank will handle things from then on. Note that ext/
ming is not developed in php-src, so there is probably little we
really care about in the history in terms of on going development in
pecl, since after all it will not be developed in pecl. Actually it
might make sense to not even have it in pecl cvs at all.
I saw that ext/fbsql still exists in HEAD. I am not sure if this means
its still possible to move the history. If yes then let me know (or
better yet let [EMAIL PROTECTED] know) so it can be moved properly.
For ext/sybase I am not even sure if we want to have it in pecl at
all. The extension is available from the php-src attic and we do not
really expect (or want) development to continue since the ext is quite
dead (both in terms of code and by the fact that sybase_ct has
superseded the extension).
This leaves ext/dbase as the only one where it is in fact a pitty we
have lost history. If someone knows a magic way to resurrect the
history let me know.
. ext/ncurses
Wasn't even moved now, but three years ago by hartmut.
Right, which means its not relevant to the question of having to
restore from the attic. I think the way it was handled in the NEWS
file mades sense. Obviously it was removed in HEAD a while ago, but
the first time it will dissapear from a PHP release will be 5.3.0.
. ext/fdf
Doesn't even exist in pecl/.
This is a commercial extension, no feedback from the original
developers, so I think its reasonable not to put it into pecl.
Summary:
- So lesson learned from my side (and thanks to the readme for future
RMs as well).
- Pierre will handle creation of a libming 0.3 compatible ext/ming
PECL release
- ext/fbsql history can probably be saved
- ext/fdf and ext/sybase are dead and should probably not be in pecl
- ext/ncurses has been moved a while ago and all is well
- ext/dbase history is not going to be available via cvs.php.net/pecl
unless someone is willing to put in the time
regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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