Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:52:29 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: devel/php5-spl: Countable is ineffective Message-ID: <20070212205229.GG13211@dagan.sigpipe.cz> In-Reply-To: <45D09BEE.1050909@FreeBSD.org> References: <20070212151903.GE13211@dagan.sigpipe.cz> <45D09565.6050901@FreeBSD.org> <20070212163938.GF13211@dagan.sigpipe.cz> <45D09BEE.1050909@FreeBSD.org>
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# ale@FreeBSD.org / 2007-02-12 17:55:10 +0100: > Roman Neuhauser ha scritto: > >I'm not sure I understand you correctly. The change broke the module, > >and in an extremely dangerous way: affected programs silently change > >their behavior. What advantages could the shared library have over a > >working PHP? > > The module was broken even before in a different part. The fact that now > affects you doesn't mean was better before. When this feature was > introduced there was a flame-storm between php devs because the presence > of an optional extension shouldn't modify the behaviour of the standard > library. This is bad coding, but, as I said, I'm working to fix it. And, > if you are wondering, I didn't deliberately commit such regression. Thanks for taking care of it. I appreciate the hard time PHP's "organic" growth gives any responsible downstream maintainer. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991
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