Re: Could some kind soul review these patches please.

My issues with CPAN are mostly usability issues. The initial setup (i.e. the first time you run it) is somewhat lengthy and annoying. I have to use it so rarely that it always takes me a few minutes to remember all the commands or the exact syntax thereof. Whatever kind of PHPCPAN system we build, I think we have to take steps to ensure that it doesn't require significant training on the part of the installer. A command line interface (make config) is necessary, but perhaps an optional CURSES interface (make menuconfig) would make things easier for people who only install a new module once a month, or every couple of months. Since we may, from my understanding, keep the PHP C extensions seperate from PEAR (which kind of makes sense, and yet kind of doesn't), this interface will be used less by an installer than CPAN would be. Will an installer be able to download the source to modules, or only a prebuilt binary for use with dl()? Assuming he can download the source, I think we'd eliminate the negative installer experience by weaving this process tightly into the build process. Could this be done with our current ./configure? I'm not sure. John On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > JD>> I agree. CPAN is a good idea poorly implemented. Debian's > > And what is it's problem, in your optinion? > > -- John Donagher Application Engineer Intacct Corp. - Powerful Accounting on the Web 408-395-0989 720 University Ave. Los Gatos CA 95032 www.intacct.com -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBDnCZ1oRBACFgkFCV6p3dWic1qm1FLhip5beIyzZSt+ccTDYQQdPZA/t5H+k PZ7ZFBIUrXz/oEqwQwlEKlg8JQqg7hgtcL+xrIJ0BInLeSJG4lvvB551g59Thr7/ OsdxNVxKci775+K+GkdAz4xcULMuB+QE7t665Ri46EAS8ALos5UG6DGmhwCguD0v 1cxwy/KlKr+oi4sWM9caueED/RmjiSD3vmBZQt6PMisVe1AmkEf6cJoemduCSJxu 0eMz/LIeu+CqfpuJH2N/dZ3hRj9xMSHF4l71wKqV99zhm58kDGwG1u3yVzULPDqz 0yL+8nunlkoOUyn3zOnh3Zmz4POFVMZQ5oian3QkLllUwly5JCi5tWULxZ2vOkb0 zzjuA/4jigNxYV4NAyCl+wAbnyzk9/Iz8EHv4/0Ex8ytlcMtvBJKa9HjJxlyIl74 yOILHk3+GSAdM0b3ZmbavpoCpebinOMBhqEVBwCI4VUIAqf86gx+2dKBGxfKPnU4 Xxvqs/BOl/EbeJjyd4uieYndGRaWg+kYXqZ7SxrlFN24fohnd7QgSm9obiBEb25h Z2hlciA8am9obkB3ZWJtZXRhLmNvbT6IVgQTEQIAFgUCOcJnWgQLCgQDAxUDAgMW AgECF4AACgkQIt6tVu6+jd3SHwCgjssFktMXf8NjE9JBR+sJ2gDIsW8An0CFNdFd dU+DJYC6ogYP9AsVfM27uQENBDnCZ2MQBAD8E0qe1gBKjtoRmyiyORtwhOz/2XZE mqiZN2NouAUWRRZd4dHggFAA1jUsp2MVIZZQyY9ajNVy3Oaxj5kYz8LR5GItxxcD jC8RFXKM40ZfTJeR7fH6eJa689w+le71Tt4ALyN4xcjSWuksr8795AhHFjonDi8D rgGIq6GtWvi/KwADBgQAmeBbcjPzhqR2M8TdvEyNfVTQSSp/RNoTjNNWpHui8V0p kiQ49tbsqeMjXGToGgMugfmrX77JidXyuVjgYjT9xUdaaA25qKAR75M9izDliT7Y h5L+QZTAw0/5X9go7XK3WI3LYfFrp4TP0veXgSWxDqccqsRzWKW7IoXsliTCbVqI RgQYEQIABgUCOcJnYwAKCRAi3q1W7r6N3YIcAKCkJMTPLu6tOPnXPl2s3xmnSawy BACeOx83WlBhVScYWo+BUzntJ6ks4T0= =OkJU -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----