Folks,
It has been suggested to me offlist that I should propose this idea on
the list.
I've seem recent discussions about the multi-os complexities of the make
system for PHP, and there talk of using this new CMake system.
Rather than YALTM (yet another language to master, we should have a
PHP-BASED make facility for the following reasons:
- PHP is cross platform already making it possible to easily
and quickly to single source a PHP script based make system.
- Everyone involved with PHP knows PHP so the scripts will be
maintained and enhanced by the community.
- All that is needed with a source distribution or as a
separate distribution, is a PHPMAKE package that
might include a root folder:
phpmake/bin minimum php binaries for the platform
i.e, php.exe, php5ts.dll for windows
phpmake/scripts php scripts for the cross platform
make/build system
The beauty of this is that PHP is already cross platform so everyone
involved with PHP at every OS have one thing in common, they know the
PHP language! So there would be no need to learn another MAKE language,
i.e., CMake, JavaScript, or some *nix make language, and it would offer
an minimum learning curve for improvements and enhancements by PHP
contributors where updates will immediately apply across the board for
all platforms.
It will get people like me more involved to improve the configuration
and automation of the PHP building process by developing cross platform
Interactive Console and/or GUI based frontends.
--
Hector Santos, CTO
Santronics Software, Inc.
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