[dev] [Fwd: cvs: php-src /ext/mime_magic DEPRECATED EXPERIMENTAL config.m4]

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu>:
>>
>>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> FYI
>>>
>>> Thanks for the heads-up Jan.  I will convert this ASAP.
>>
>> Well, adding the new PECL extension as a third alternative would be the way
>> to go I think. mime-magic is only gone in PHP 5.
>
> But we might as well get rid of it now to coerce people to use a 
> solution that
> won't "disappear" if/when they upgrade to PHP 5+.
>
> That and the fact that I had already removed all traces of the old code :)

I don't know if this extension will be/is backported to PHP 4, in any case
it isn't included with any default PHP distribution. And the mime-magic
code is still better (faster) than our userland solution, no?

Jan.

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