Re: name for "new" IT[X] package: HTML_Template_ReIT
| From: | Pierre-Alain Joye | Date: | Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:23:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: name for "new" IT[X] package: HTML_Template_ReIT | ||
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:15:04 -0500 (EST)
"Adam Morton" <adam@tux.appstate.edu> wrote:
> It may just be me, but I really don't like the proposed name
> HTML_Template_ReIT. It seems illogical and unprofessional to declare
> a package a rewrite of another existing package, when the existing one
> is currently in use. The name suggests that it is a replacement for
> the current system. Maybe I'm not understanding this thread at all,
> but I thought this proposed package was an alternative to be used by
> choice, not a replacement?
I do not think PEAR is a script repository "a la" hotscript or CPAN. As
I said, I will work on IT asap, to add the needed stuffs.
We asked many times about small patches to add them to the current
package faster, he never provided them and he does not want to.
A competitive package is a good thing if it proposes a different
approach to the same problem. This is not the case here. That's why I am
strongly against this addition, for IT or any others PEAR packages.
How to contribute to PEAR is clearly explained in the documentation and
in the FAQ. I do not see any good reason to change it.
As he did not provide patches, and it seems that some of the requests
are needed (things I never said he was wrong, except the cache), that
will be done soon, or later.
As a sidenote, people may not forget we are not fulltime for PEAR, and
not fulltime for a specific package.
pierre