Re: [PHP-DEV] [Initial Feedback] PHP User Modules - An Adaptation of ES6 from JavaScript

[Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]]

On 29 June 2024 07:32:58 BST, Michael Morris <tendo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So why this instead of composer?  Well, a native implementation should be 
> faster, but also it might be able to deal with php extensions.

Building a package manager is hard, and getting a package manager adopted 
requires the network effect of a community using it. Jordi, Nils, et al have 
done a fantastic job with Composer, and it has a near 100% buy-in from the 
community, with hundreds of thousands of published packages. 

It already supports *requiring* extensions; being able to *install* extensions 
is a much harder job, but that's being worked on now.

I would need an extremely persuasive argument to pay any attention at all to an 
incompatible alternative.

Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]