Re: pear installer in PHP 5.1 RC1

Lukas Smith <lsmith@php.net> wrote: > I think this is exactly what Pierre is worried about. In the past we > have had issues with packages that the PEAR installer depends on getting > non critical releases that led to BC breaks. As such any package that > PEAR depends on really needs to get much more indepth testing for _any_ > release. > > So thinking a non ciritical release for a package that PEAR depends on > would be less work is just taking a huge risk. Unit tests might reduce > that risk considerably, but its still not clear cut. It seems to me that a decision could be made here on a case-by-case basis, taking the dependency package developer(s) into consideration. I would argue that there are few PEAR developers that have a more meticulous attention to detail than Greg -- which also reduces the risk. Taking a particular developer's proven track record _plus_ unit testing, and you've reduced the risk even further. In the case of Error_Stack, the risk is reduced to the point of being negligible. -Clay -- Killersoft.com