Re: MARKED FOR POOP Re: PEAR DB 1.6.0 has been released - now OT if not originally

On 27 Feb 2004 11:21:16 -0800, ed.prochak_at_magicinterface.com (Ed prochak) wrote:

>In a sense, you are correct. The original comment should have been
>that the announcement of the PEAR DB in comp.database.oracle.misc and
>c.d.o.server is OFF TOPIC. Of the 4 ORACLE groups it might belong in
>c.d.o.marketplace.
>
>Then again, announcement of the PEAR DB might even be off topic in
>c.d.o.marketplace, since it is NOT and ORACLE related product or
>service. (Announcing PHP there would work, given that PHP connects to
>ORACLE and other DBMS products.)

 PEAR DB is a PHP database abstraction layer, which connects to Oracle, amongst other databases, as a wrapper around the native support supplied through PHP itself. It's included in the core PHP distribution; if PHP itself is topical, does this not have any bearing on an (upgradable) component of it?

 Given the following statement from Oracle:

http://otn.oracle.com/tech/opensource/php/php_ohs_sod.html "
For Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.0.3) Oracle plans that both documentation and a version of PHP will be included in the release CDs. In addition, integration with Install, DCM and other core OracleAS facilities is planned. Further integration with Single Sign On and other core OracleAS facilities is being considered for this and future Oracle iAS releases.

The version(s) of PHP which will be supported will be versions 4.3 or later. "

 And an excerpt from the charter:

http://www.orafaq.com/usenet/charter2.htm "
Rational and Charter for c.d.o.tools
CHARTER: comp.databases.oracle.tools
Comp.databases.oracle.tools is a news group provided for discussion of software applications and tools available from Oracle Corporation, or designed to work with Oracle applications. Developers of end-user applications will find this newsgroup most useful.

RATIONALE: comp.databases.oracle.tools
This group will provide a forum to discuss the wide range of tools and applications available from or for Oracle, which is now a major area of interest and generates much news group traffic. "

 It would /seem/ to fit within the charter of comp.databases.oracle.tools at such time as Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.0.3) is released. When PHP is on the Application Server CD, PEAR DB will then be a 'tool available from Oracle Corporation'.

 This may depend on your interpretation of whether postings of a new version count as 'discussion'.

 Along the same lines: since Oracle already distribute Perl including the DBI module, the Perl equivalent of PHP's PEAR DB, would announcements of new versions of that be similarly labelled non-topical?

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