Re: Bundling "modern" extensions

From: Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:09:13 +0000
Subject: Re: Bundling "modern" extensions
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On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:57, Pierre Joye <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, for technologies specific extension, be hyped or not, I see
> no reason to bundle them. It makes no sense to bundle mongodb,
> memcached clients or whatever other specific features.

I can't think of a statement I would disagree more with. These are
exactly the ones we should be bundling.


> My reasoning is simple. The key for bundling extensions is to have
> them available for most hosting solutions. If a shared host provides


No. Join the real world again. Anything not in vanilla PHP is hard to
install because it causes more work in maintenance of the server, and
increases the risk of fuckups etc etc

Being able to use "hyped technology" out-of-the box is exactly what we
want to achieve.

-Hannes


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