On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 1:06 PM Peter Kokot <peterko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 3. Do you know where is the source code of these two scripts? When the > >> upstream script gets updated it would be then useful to copy/paste > >> changes into php-src. So the main development should be happening > >> upstream anyway. Meaning away from the PHP. > > > > > > I don't know what to say on that. > > P.S. I've found sources at Debian mainstream: > https://sources.debian.org/src/php-defaults/69/php-helper/ > > Overall, I think this might be too Debian specific tool. PECL is > something that works in similar way. And it installs entire extension > from scratch together with compiling... PECL approach is something > that PHP should go into. Or, the more taboo way - Composer installable > extensions. There was some work done on that but it got stuck because > it is very large change and now nobody knows how to do that from that > step. Basically, a Composer plugin might be a better start with this. > Except that here we need to understand that PHP packages on Linux > distributions are already compiled and prepared for faster > installation, so installing extensions with PECL is a way different > approach compared to a more comfortable ways using > apt/yum/dnf/pacman/brew... > > -- > Peter Kokot > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > If you can make it work on MacOS, Windows, and the BSDs, then great. Otherwise, it should be left to the Linux distributions. Walter -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis
