[dev] [commits] Horde branch master updated. 896d45e5b0173cec34507a71100417e76a7b4a1b

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> The branch "master" has been updated.
>>>> The following is a summary of the commits.
>>>>
>>>> from: c05da3d7fef551ac8dd73d41f48aa507f988982e
>>>>
>>>> 896d45e Doc tweaks
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> commit 896d45e5b0173cec34507a71100417e76a7b4a1b
>>>> Author: Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
>>>> Date:   Wed Mar 14 00:15:23 2012 -0600
>>>>
>>>>  Doc tweaks
>>>>
>>>>  We shouldn't outright recommend installing PHP from package manager,
>>>>  since many packages won't work with Horde out-of-the-box.
>>>
>>> Not sure what you mean with that. I haven't compiled PHP for years  
>>> just to get Horde running. It's simply not necessary anymore with  
>>> any decent distribution, and people tend to shoot themselves in  
>>> the foot if they start compiling their own PHP.
>>> We *should* recommend installing from the distribution packages.
>>
>> Because it seems that every week I have to say "your libxml is too  
>> old" and then the reply is "But that's the version my package  
>> manager ships with!"
>
> Yes, that's annoying, but since libxml is a dependency for so many  
> other packages, building a custom version is nearly impossible for  
> most users, even if their version is outdated.
>
>> Not to mention that Debian ships with suhosin.  AARRRGH.
>
> Fortunately is has been removed for future Debian versions.

Yes!

Put another way, I don't disagree that package managers should be  
used, if possible, to install PHP.  But by highlighting this, and  
putting it in bold text, it suggested that the package manager route  
was foolproof.  And I don't feel that this is an accurate  
representation at this time.  So I wanted to de-emphasize a bit.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]