X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B1D30F4D4; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:22:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr1.postgresql.org [64.117.224.193]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60372-02; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:22:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from cm-lcon6-153-250.cm.vtr.net (CM-lcon6-153-250.cm.vtr.net [200.83.153.250]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA9030F592; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:22:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: by cm-lcon6-153-250.cm.vtr.net (Postfix, from userid 500) id E48478023F; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:22:51 -0400 (CLT) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:22:51 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Tom Lane Cc: Bruce Momjian , Josh Berkus , Joe Conway , "Advocacy (PostgreSQL)" , PostgreSQL-general Subject: Re: [GENERAL] interesting PHP/MySQL thread Message-ID: <20030623032251.GA27826@dcc.uchile.cl> References: <200306222159.h5MLxT720807@candle.pha.pa.us> <15339.1056334760@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15339.1056334760@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Archive-Number: 200306/163 X-Sequence-Number: 1375 On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 10:19:20PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Interesting thread (php-dev subj: removing bundled libmysql): > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=105621066832429&w=2 Note the comment on http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=105624024116515&w=2 : Georg Richter wrote: > Unbelievable. > Guess the postgres guys are licking their chops over this. > > We need to use this opportunity to encourage PHP folks to switch to > > PostgreSQL. > > Indeed. What can we do exactly? Probably the Postgres client library (that'd be libpq) can be included as part of the PHP distribution. With that, according to the thread, the Postgres support could be built in by default. I can't find the PHP license on their website though. Better hurry. Sterling Hughes is proposing to enable SQlite support by default; that move could be bad for the lobbying of activating Pg support. -- Alvaro Herrera () "The Postgresql hackers have what I call a "NASA space shot" mentality. Quite refreshing in a world of "weekend drag racer" developers." (Scott Marlowe)