Re: PHP Extension authors - please join the PECL community

One of the policies I'd like to keep for PECL is not to be over-organized. Too many rules and too much red-tape gets in the way of people doing useful things. So, I don't think we really need any rules or proposals on how to name the extensions - provided the name is logical, that should be fine. If you are worried about possible conflicts with your extension, just pick a name that isn't likely to collide - use your common sense. I don't want to see 20 message long threads where people are discussing the pro's and con's of foo vs libfoo, or bar vs baz. Not only does it waste time, it generates noise and reduces the usefulness of the mailing list. Just pick one and commit it :) There is magic that can be done in the CVS repository if a major naming problem arises - so its not a big deal. If you haven't already, sign up for PHP CVS account here: http://www.php.net/cvs-php.php (yes, it's really difficult to find that page!) and we can get the ball rolling for your extension. --Wez. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xavier Noguer" <xnoguer@xavier-noguer.com> To: "Wez Furlong" <wez@thebrainroom.com>; <pecl-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] PHP Extension authors - please join the PECL community Wez Furlong <wez@thebrainroom.com> escribió > - Can *anyone* host their project in PECL? > Sure. The only proviso is that the project is useful for something. If > you already have karma, just go ahead and commit it. If you don't, or > you don't have a CVS account, you need to apply for one. This requires > intervention from "big brother" - he is generally a nice guy, but might > decide not to allow your project if there is a valid reason for that. Hi, I was wondering if a proposal should be made, at least for extensions that are not a wrapper around a library. An extension for libfoo will be named foo of course, but if it is not a wrapper there could be a conflict of names. In particular I want to add valkyrie (VALidation Kit for Your Request Input Extension) to pecl (see the pear-dev thread here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=106382304000002&r=1&w=2). Is there any possible future name conflict anyone is aware of? Xavier http://www.xavier-noguer.com/