So this then means bundling more extensions by default and / or
better marketing.
What is the issue with simply not bundling all
known-to-be-good/stable/current extensions?
Admittedly, file size would be up. But I don't really see that as an issue.
As a windows user, I would just want them all
I think its important to understand why shared hosts dont like PECL.
Some of the main reasons IME is that they
1. Dont know the author of the package
2. Dont trust the package to be secure
3. Dont know if the package will have a knock of effect on server stability.
They know the core package an
My recommendations would be:
for (1): Let the build system spit out packages for the most well known
distributions which are similar to the windows ones, e.g. one small php
binary, many *.so in the "standard" package and a pecl *.so package.
Dedicated server owners or small web hosts usually
