PIE installable with Composer?

[asgrim]

Split from: #98 (comment)

Should PIE be installable with Composer?

$ composer global require php/pie

Points to note:

• currently php/pie is the namespace; I believe this is a protected namespace on Packagist, so I would need to discuss with Packagist team about submitting this
• in theory, this allows people to composer require php/pie (per project) which doesn't make any sense to do

Currently the only supported distribution mechanism is downloading the PHAR from the https://github.com/php/pie/releases page. Other distribution mechanisms should be carefully evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

[alexandre-daubois]

I think it would be really nice. This way, if one day Pie allows to read from composer.json and install extensions listed in the file, we could even imagine having a postscript that then triggers Pie and install extensions after the packages. Just thinking out loud.

It would be so convenient to arrive on a project, and do compose install && vendor/bin/pie install ... because Composer installer Pie.

this allows people to composer require php/pie (per project) which doesn't make any sense to do

On the different projects I worked on, it's quite often that devs doesn't install Composer globally. I can understand that, some people like to have their projects a bit siloed without having to install tools globally on their system. In my opinion, having the choice is a good thing.

[macintoshplus]

IMO pie must be executed before the composer because the composer checks if all extension is installed.