On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> wrote:

> run-time depends can be a bitch. The stuff still packages, and stays that
> way until somebody notices an issue... which often happens a few months
> after the commits, and sometimes even after release.
>
> Does php complain as soon as you try to start the offending package, or
> only when you activate some functionality that depends on the extra
> plugin ?
>

It only starts complaining when you use a function that isn't there. So
yeah that would lead to possible trouble.

What if we enable the extensions by default when you install them? Given
that you install them, you probably want them enabled anyway. And that
would be a solution for this problem.

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