Re: GEOS PHP bindings

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>]

On 08/30/16 10:55, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Some time ago you requested the PHP bindings to be enabled as part of
> the geos package build in #761467. PHP support was added because of that.
>
> In the mean time PHP 7 has been released, and because SWIG still lacks
> support for PHP 7 the PHP bindings in the geos package have been
> disabled and aren't likely to be re-enabled before the stretch freeze.
>
> Are you still interested in PHP support for GEOS? And if so, would you
> like to help maintain the PHP bindings for GEOS which have been split
> off into its project? [0]
>
> I have no personal need for PHP support in GEOS, and am not aware of any
> projects that require it other than geoPHP for Drupal which is not
> packaged in Debian. So I'm hesitant to package the GEOS PHP bindings
> unless someone steps up to help maintain the php-geos package.
>
> [0] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geos-devel/2016-August/007546.html

Initial packaging is available on Alioth:

 https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/php-geos.git

I'm still looking for a co-maintainer before I consider uploading it to 
the archive.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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