Re: Re: cvs: php4/ TODO-4.1.txt

Forgive me if I've missed the point here, but as a Windows user I haven't yet played with PEAR. Everyone seems to be talking about a PEAR engine which runs on client machines. Surely it should run on pear.php.net and essentially replace the current downloads page. A new user selects their platform and server and whatever modules they require over and above whatever we decide is the 'baseline' installation. Windows users can choose between source and binary for the items which are not written in php. The pear engine puts the required bits together and sends them to the client with either a suitable script to configure, build and install the selected stuff, or a suitably configured installsheild type thing for the Windows users. A 'special' file is also installed which describes the installation so that when the user goes back to pear to request additional modules, dependencies etc can be sorted out by the user being asked to upload the 'special' file. Since the thing doesn't need to run on the client's machine it can be written entirely in php. Cheers -- Phil Driscoll Dial Solutions +44 (0)113 294 5112 http://www.dialsolutions.com http://www.dtonline.org