On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Ilia A. wrote:
> On June 21, 2003 11:55 am, Marcus Börger wrote:
> > Please disable ext/mysql by default then, too.
>
> Please don't, if the configure script can find the mysql library needed by the
> extension on the system I see no reason why not to enable to mysql extension
> by default. Given the large number of php + mysql users, it'll surely reduce
> the amount of frustration users will experience once they realize their PHP
> no longer has a default MySQL extension.
Our policy is not to enable any extension by default that relies on an
external library. If the MySQL guys think that they should make it much
harder to use because of their license change that should not mean that
we need to change our policies because of them.
Derick
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