Re: Current Directory structure ?

[Christian Stocker <chregu@phant.ch>] > Hi > > > I have looked at the current PEAR directory structure in the CVS > > tree and I don't understand why there are so many Net_... and > > XML_... directories. Shouldn't these directories be under Net/ > > and XML/ ? This is unclear to me. > > this was discussed some time ago and it was decided, that each > package has it's own dir on the top level. > > > And finally, are we going to have a global XML file with details > > on all PEAR extensions (a bit like package.xml) ? It would be > > easier to create installer client applications and to get details > > directly from them. > > the script /pearweb/cron/make-packages.php creates .tgz files of all > packages plus a xml-file (Packages.xml) with some relevant > information about these packages. the WebInstaller uses already this > xml file. the make-packages.php will run on pear.php.net in the > (hopefully) near future. Btw, there is a problem with the make-packages script as long as there are no CVS tags in any modules. The code you check out the next day may give you a package with the same version number but different files. - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway