Re: Duplicated/redundant package for PEAR::Message -> PEAR::Crypt_HMAC - was Re: [PEAR-DEV] Package Proposal: Auth_HMAC

Hi, Jesus M. Castagnetto wrote:

Davey just reminded me again something I asked here before and for which I did not get definitive answers. When was Crypt_HMAC proposed/approved? I do not seem to find it in the pear-dev archives. I guess it was silently added.

PEAR::Crypt_HMAC is (IMHO) a redundant package, as its functionality was already available in PEAR::Message (via the fallback classes). I already wrote this some weeks ago, that the name Message doesen't reveal what the package does, and maybe that was the problem.

I also didn't noticed for a long time that such package exists, so IMO Crypt_Digest or something like this would be better.

Looking at the CVS logs, Crypt_HMAC was commited on February 16, 2003; meanwhile, the original commit for Message was October 1, 2002, and the last release including the fallback (no mhash needed) classes was on November 26, 2002. My questions are: 1) What do we do when there are newer packages that implement existing functionality from an older package? 2) When was Crypt_HMAC proposed/approved? I searched MARC and had no luck (see: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=pear-dev&w=2&r=1&s=Crypt_HMAC&q=b) 3) How do we resolve when a new package is released and is in contention with the functionality of an older one? Do we remove it? Do we deprecate it?

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