staying neutral

So after the initial uproar on last week's attempts to put parts of PHP development under the terms of a CLA (read proposal here), a bunch of us actually spent some time in finding solutions for one way or the other. I don't want to bother you with more details on the why.

But, one thing for certain, we want PDO.

As the reasoning, this was discussed enough, so I'll jump directly to my ideas for a solution.

• Develop a PECL CLA that can optionally be used for PECL projects.
• If necessary, adapt the PHP License, so that it works nicely together with the CLA.
  
• The projects that want a CLA can choose between the PHP License or LGPL.
• Change the PECL web site so that projects can opt-in to using the CLA.
• Arrange it so that projects cannot drop the CLA flag.
  
• Add a user/CLA/project table to the PHP user database, and use this in CVS ACLs.
  
• Create a new CVS module php-default.
• Move all extensions that can be disabled and are not required for others to PECL.
• Link everything under php-src plus a default selection of extensions to php-default.
• Let us once and for all ban CLAs from php-src aka PHP core.
  
• Start developing PDO as part of CVS module php-src.

Sorry for not writing this earlier. So how does this idea sound? Check out answers to the mail here.

The Borg Queen to Kathryn Janeway: 'Do as all pragmatists do, compromise'. And it is no secret that I am a pragmatist.

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