[PHP-DOC] install page for openbsd could use some updating

2010-03-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.openbsd.php that page seems stuck on PHP 4. some quick googling shows that "phpxs" isn't even available since PHP 4.3: http://www.mail-archive.com/openbsd-newb...@sfobug.org/msg00688.html and there's a whole openbsd page devoted to PHP 5: htt

Re: [PHP-DOC] random observations on online PHP manual

2010-03-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Christopher Jones wrote: > On 03/22/2010 04:42 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >and regarding installation, i would *strongly* encourage > > readers to install from packages if they can, leaving downloading > > and building the source as a last resort only. virtually ever

Re: [PHP-DOC] random observations on online PHP manual

2010-03-22 Thread Christopher Jones
On 03/22/2010 04:42 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: and regarding installation, i would *strongly* encourage readers to install from packages if they can, leaving downloading and building the source as a last resort only. virtually every OS these days should have PHP and related packages ready

Re: [PHP-DOC] random observations on online PHP manual

2010-03-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 21 March 2010 14:15, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >  i wasn't suggesting reproducing the entire command-line section. > >  i was more thinking along the lines of something early in the > > installation section, maybe a very first section, "how can y

Re: [PHP-DOC] random observations on online PHP manual

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Quadling
On 21 March 2010 14:15, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Philip Olson wrote: > >> On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> > * very early on, i might be tempted to have a short section >> > explaining how readers can examine the current state of PHP on >> > their sys