Can't you module maintainers (ubuntu or debian) just simply release TWO
modules php5-sybase and php5-mssql that work properly ?

Please abandon putting two different functionalities  into one php5
module.

It is confusing and inconsistent.

In the past php developers  had to use Module sybase_ct to connect to
mssql servers (gaining only a small subset of the features mssql server
supports),  now its the other way around, you need to include php5-mssql
to access Sybase ASE databases.  Though with mssql now having priority
we Sybase developers have even less features of the sybase connectivity
than before, e.g. no Stored procedure support anymore.

Please release a module  php5-sybase that handles the sybase connectivity and 
php5-mssql that handles the mssql connectivity.
Maybe to avoid naming conflicts, release a new version php5-sybaseASE that 
handles the connectivity to Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise ASE  and 
php5-mssql2008 that handles mssqlserver 2008 connectivity. Both should be 
backward compatible to other, older releases of the respective products.

It has been true in the past that sybase and mssql server shared a
common code base, a common api and a common transfer protocol. However
this is no longer the case for at least 10 years. SO please stop the
madness of releasing a common "Sybase / MS SQL Server module for php5".

Where else should I add this Enhancement request? At ubuntu brainstorm?
At debian.org somewhere?

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sybase_* functions missing in php5-sybase for hardy
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