@Introduced PECL - PHP Extension and Code Library (prounounced "picke")

Introduced PECL - PHP Extension and Code Library (prounounced "picke"), in
the "pecl" subdir.  "make install" will now install the database abstraction
layer in PREFIX/lib/php.
I hereby dedicate this part of PHP to my daughter-of-yesterday Malin. :-)

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+     PECL (pronounced "pickle") - PHP Extension and Code Library
+     -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+WHAT IS PECL?
+
+PECL is a code repository for PHP extensions and PHP library code
+similar to TeX's CTAN and Perl's CPAN.
+
+The intention behind PECL is to provide a means for library code
+authors to organize their code in a defined way shared by other
+developers, and to give the PHP community a single source for such
+code.
+
+
+ADMINISTRATION
+
+This section will describe the rules for how files are structured and
+how functions and classes should be named.
+
+
+TOOLS
+
+This section will describe the tools provided to PECL users.
+
+
+CODING RULES AND GUIDELINES
+
+* All PHP code _must_ use <?php ?>.  <? ?> and other formats are not
+  portable.