[Phpmyadmin-devel] legal concerns about external libraries

[Tyron Madlener]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Michal Čihař <michal at cihar.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

As an alternative: I would find it a great have a full and light
version of phpmyadmin where libs such as phpexcel are not included.


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