Re: cvs: pear /Net_Ping Ping.php package.xml

["Tomas V.V.Cox" <cox@idecnet.com>] > Martin Jansen wrote: > > > > On Tue, 22 May 2001 13:05:32 -0400, Jon Parise wrote: > > > > >> > Isn't this in the pear repository, though? I thought the Experimental/ > > >> > dir was only in the php4/pear directory? > > >> > > >> Nope, there's /pear/experimental. > > > > > >I don't think there's much of a reason for an 'experimental' > > >directory in the main pear/ repository. It makes sense in the > > >php4/pear/ directory because that's what's used for PHP > > >distributions, but the pear/ directory should just be a > > >collection of PEAR code. > > > > Hmm, good argument. I vote for moving Net_Ping back > > to pear/ and forgetting the experimental directory. > > But please say somewhere that the class is experimental, so users won't > use it and pear developers can help on improve it. The experimental dir > is a quite good way of saying this for me. I think having a major version of 0 should be a pretty clear indication that a package is experimental or may change completely in the next release. Maybe we should make this part of the coding standard? - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@fast.no> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway