[php-maint] Possible to include GMP in libapache2-mod-php5?

[Raphael Geissert]

On 26/07/07, Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:17:28AM +0200, sean finney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 July 2007 03:18:27 am Raphael Geissert wrote:
> > > > The bad thing I most worry about is php5 being updated and the module no
> > > > longer loading and having to touch every machine whenever there's a php
> > > > update.
>
> > yeah, i hear ya.  something else that might work for you is to install the
> > php5-dev package, and try building the extension outside of the packaging (so
> > it won't disappear during upgrades).  you shouldn't need to update the
> > extension during package upgrades, unless you go from like etch->lenny.
>
> > > > Ideally, I'd love to see an actual php5-gmp package or gmp added to the
> > > > compile-time options in the official package. Is this a possibility?
>
> > > I don't think built-in functionality would be provided in any case
> > > (I'm speaking for myself because I'm not a PHP package maintainer).
> > > This kind of requests are usually filled by sending a 'bug report' to
> > > the virtual 'wnpp' package [1].
>
> > my memory is a little fuzzy on this, but iirc there was some kind of licensing
> > problem with gmp/PHP (like it being GPL'd but linking against PHP, or
> > something like that).  if someone wants to look into this again and can
> > verify that there isn't a problem we can re-evaluate the situation wrt
> > packaging it.
>
>   /usr/share/doc/libgmp3c2/copyright:
>
>   The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
>   (LGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
>   2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>
> The license text is contained in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL.

I think it would be more accurate to use libgmpxx4

>
> This question was brought up privately to me and Adam back in 2003, and the
> conclusion both of us reached then was that either Petr had made a mistake
> in identifying GMP as a non-packagable extension, or the license on GMP
> changed since the decision was first made.
>
> AFAIK, there is no reason now to not package it.

So, will the PHP Maintainers handle this pseudo RFP since the
extension code is provided within the PHP5 source package?

>
> Cheers,
> --
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