[Phpmyadmin-devel] legal concerns about external libraries

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:18:33 -0400
Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):

> Michal Čihař a écrit :
> > I still wonder if native support for Excel 2007 is worth including 3
> > MiB of code.
> 
> Where I work, a user faced a situation where simple CSV exporting was 
> not enough but I don't remember the specifics. Maybe Dieter can add his 
> comments about native support's advantages.

Having use case when native Excel is needed would definitely help in
making such decision.

> > How about shipping just wrapper files (export and import plugins),
> > which would work only if PHPExcel is installed in PHP search path?
> 
> This might be more difficult to set up for user in hosting environments.

It definitely would be, however it would save us of licensing troubles
and decrease download size.

-- 
	Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://phpmyadmin.cz
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