Pierre Joye wrote:
hi Lester,
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Lester Caine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not sure what else we can say but you should really read your mail
archives and the discussions we had 6 months ago about what we need to
get firebird support back in 5.3.0 windows binaries.
WHAT IS STILL OUTSTANDING? We tested 5.2.x, identified the problems and WHEN I
windows build of 5.2.7RC appears we can test that! I'm not seeing anything
outstanding on the bug list for WINDOWS.
For people running Interbase AND Firebird we need to identify the different
clients but that is basically just a single line change in the code, so
perhaps we should be adding a switch for that rather than talking about a
separate port, however some people seem to want both running at the same time
which causes a problem with just having one driver?
PHP 5.3.0 builds (releases or snapshots) have no firebird since day
#1, I wonder what you have tested.
PHP5_3_080615
This has a php_interbase build that is working fine. The only problems I have
with this copy of 5.3.0 is all the NONE database error messages that it's
throwing in my various projects. But UNTIL there is agreement on what is going
to be the final version of 5.3.0 there is little point trying to fix them !!!
FIREBIRD has pulled somewhat further ahead and needs it's own build for
that, but there has still been no response on how we can achieve that!
That's what we asked to have. We do not not use firebird, we have no
clue about the versions to use, the configuration or anything else. We
do not have the time and the resources to figure it out either and
that's why we asked you (as you Lester and the other person having
volunteered to provide the info) to provide these info.
The LAST request was that we simply tested things on windows - compiling
builds was not a problem? This we have been doing but since *WE* can't build
compatible windows binaries, we are reliant on the snapshot builds - which are
currently not happening for windows?
We never got an answer as to what was wrong with php_interbase i.e. what needs
doing to it to cater for the rewrite required for PHP5.3?
Instead of talking about forks and pointing the stinky fingers to
internals (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-php/message/2561),
you may finally do some your home work.
THAT problem relates to LINUX - but *I* have not been able to find it. MY 64
bit Linux systems are fine!!! So until someone can identify a faulty setup we
are a little stuffed :(
And KILLING php_interbase is not a solution to anything. If you do not want us
to use PHP then fine. I'm sure we can all scrap several years of work and
switch to something else. But we don't actually have a problem - we just never
advance beyond 5.2.x. And forcing weeks of unproductive activity trying to
create a PDO driver that does EVERYTHING that php_interbase CURRENTLY provides
is not a practical option either. We have already established that ADOdb
running in PDO mode is slower than the equivalent native drivers, so its
simply not a practical way forward.
I suppose the other option is to simply clone php_interbase outside the PHP
project and do our own builds? But support for windows will not happen that way :(
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