Is there any interest in adding MSSQL to php 5? It's fairly easy to modify the spec to produce this (I've done so in a previos version already), and I'll volunteer to make the changes if there's consensus it's worth doing.
FreeTDS is required to build mssql support, and it's currently provided through rpmforge. I assume everyone would prefer to have the required library exist within centosplus so php-mssql could be installed without requiring a library from an external repo?
So, what are your thoughts on this? I know I keep getting asked for it, so I assume there's at least some demand.
On 11/27/06, Kevan Benson kbenson@a-1networks.com wrote:
Is there any interest in adding MSSQL to php 5? It's fairly easy to modify the spec to produce this (I've done so in a previos version already), and I'll volunteer to make the changes if there's consensus it's worth doing.
Upstream has separated this out into a separate package with php-extras. This package includes php-tidy, php-mcrypt, php-mhash, php-dbase, and the option to build php-mssql. Most of the required libs do not exist within the base or updates repositories, though they do exist within rpmforge.
FreeTDS is required to build mssql support, and it's currently provided through rpmforge. I assume everyone would prefer to have the required library exist within centosplus so php-mssql could be installed without requiring a library from an external repo?
I hesitate to do this because it's a duplication of effort between rpmforge and centos. However without doing this, there isn't really a reason to provide the srpm, as these packages cannot be built. I would like to stay self-contained, and also without duplicating packages in other repositories. Comments?
So, what are your thoughts on this? I know I keep getting asked for it, so I assume there's at least some demand.
These packages aren't provided upstream in the base php either, though the option to build it is. There have been a couple entries in the php tracking bug about this, so you are correct; there is some level of interest. I'm open to other comments or lines of reason, but I'm hesitant to push these packages for now.
Kevan Benson wrote:
Is there any interest in adding MSSQL to php 5? It's fairly easy to modify the spec to produce this (I've done so in a previos version already), and I'll volunteer to make the changes if there's consensus it's worth doing.
FreeTDS is required to build mssql support, and it's currently provided through rpmforge. I assume everyone would prefer to have the required library exist within centosplus so php-mssql could be installed without requiring a library from an external repo?
licensing issues will prevent CentOS from shipping freetds stuff.
licensing issues will prevent CentOS from shipping freetds stuff.
To head off all the "But it's LGPL just like other stuff you ship!" Please see http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-September/msg01164.ht...
On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 19:38 -0500, Jim Perrin wrote:
licensing issues will prevent CentOS from shipping freetds stuff.
To head off all the "But it's LGPL just like other stuff you ship!" Please see http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-September/msg01164.ht...
What we can do is provide a wiki article that tells people how to build it from RPMS provided by RPMForge. I think we will build the php-extras SRPM in CentOS-Extras, though we are still discussing that.
I know it might not be a popular decision, however CentOS can not distribute items for free that have patent costs to use. We can't distribute MP3 and we can't distribute TDS.
We at the CentOS Project respect other peoples IP, copyrights, and patents.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On Monday 27 November 2006 16:57, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 19:38 -0500, Jim Perrin wrote:
licensing issues will prevent CentOS from shipping freetds stuff.
To head off all the "But it's LGPL just like other stuff you ship!" Please see http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-September/msg01164 .html
What we can do is provide a wiki article that tells people how to build it from RPMS provided by RPMForge. I think we will build the php-extras SRPM in CentOS-Extras, though we are still discussing that.
I know it might not be a popular decision, however CentOS can not distribute items for free that have patent costs to use. We can't distribute MP3 and we can't distribute TDS.
We at the CentOS Project respect other peoples IP, copyrights, and patents.
Understood. I had done a license search before looking into this (I thought there might be some reason it wasn't already done), but did not encounter this particular aspect.
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