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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=025293700-02052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Yes, the MediaWiki extension does this as
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=025293700-02052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>--David</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> general-bounces@openid.net
[mailto:general-bounces@openid.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stephen Paul
Weber<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:01 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jonathan
Daugherty<BR><B>Cc:</B> Martin Atkins; general@openid.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[OpenID] On OpenID 2.0<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 5/1/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Jonathan
Daugherty</B> <<A href="mailto:cygnus@janrain.com">cygnus@janrain.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">#
The Drupal Community won't use the JanRain libraries, as Drupal is<BR>#
anti-PEAR (the PHP extension library).<BR><BR>Just to be completely clear, the
core Drupal devs take issue with<BR>including the JanRain library code in
Drupal or listing it as an <BR>installation dependency. The reasons
for this are various, including<BR>the fact that the library coding style is
in complete disagreement<BR>with that of Drupal itself. (That the
library coding style follows<BR>some of the PEAR development guidelines is
little more than a <BR>historical artifact.) Other PHP projects
take issue with including it<BR>for the same reasons; it's common for projects
to shun dependencies<BR>(PEAR or otherwise) and, as a result, reinvent one or
more wheels<BR>(templating, database abstraction, etc.).<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>There's no reason to use JanRain's libraries as 'dependancies'
though... I never have. I just bundle them with whatever I'm distributing
and my users don't care. Those who make us install them separately I take
issue with, but there's no compelling reason to do that, imho.
<BR> </DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>- Stephen Paul Weber,
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