On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 17:03, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 04:48:50PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > > > If by "stripped down" you mean without postgresql database support then > > I'll grant you that, but it is no different than other any other pl > > whose parent language requires postgresql to be installed. If packagers > > are able to handle those languages than why can't they do the same with > > PHP ? > > Because those other languages are well designed and PHP is not. The > Postgres support package for Perl is a completely separate add-on, which > you can add well after the core of Perl is installed. Same for Python. > But PHP is a braindead package which includes the Postgres support in > the main codebase. > > The problem is that even if you could build a Postgres support package > for PHP without building the whole PHP (which you _can_ do AFAIK), it > means that you need to make a second pass at the PHP source RPM, which > will be probably rejected by packagers. > ISTM this is a problem with the packaging as much as it is with PHP, but in neither case is this a problem for PostgreSQL. ISTM decisions as to what is included in PostgreSQL core should not be based on the design decisions of one vendors packaging scheme IMHO. > > I think the problem could be solved if we were to include PHP in the > main CVS, but not distribute it in the same tarball. So the code is > kept where it really belongs, and we allow building both things > separately for the packagers' sake. > > -- > Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[@]dcc.uchile.cl>) > "If it wasn't for my companion, I believe I'd be having > the time of my life" (John Dunbar) > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
