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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 08:50:04 -0800
From: Carlo Florendo y Flora <list-subscriber AT hq DOT astra DOT ph>
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To: Lex Ein <lex_ein AT f-m DOT fm>
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Subject: Re: mod-php4 missing from cygwin distro
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Lex Ein wrote:

> Larry Hall wrote:
> ...
>
>>> I would be very grateful to anyone who could give me leads on what 
>>> happened to the php libs.
>>
> ...
>
>> mod-php4 is not part of the distribution at this time.  There are 
>> plans to re-add it in the future.  No, I don't know when that will 
>> be. ;-)
>
>
> What were the reasons for removal?
> 1. WJM.
> 2. redundancy? (easy to grab&compile or grab&run if needed)
> 3. technical? (difficulty integrating into cygwin release pipeline, 
> cross-compilation probs, slow bug fixes)
> 4. political/personal?
> 5. other?  (URL or concise, relevant reason here)
>

Great!  Thanks for the response.  In any  case, I've been able to grab 
and compile the source already.

Best Regards,

Carlo
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Carlo Florendo y Flora
Astra Philippines Inc.
www.astra.ph




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