Re: [midgard-dev] Re: [PEAR-DEV] Midgard in the sky with ... PEAR?

Bertrand, you are describing a strategy where - software is packaged and isntalled using PEAR standard and tools - the CVS repository is _not_ PEAR, but project-specific - the distribution server is _not_ PEAR, but project-specific - the announcements are done through the PEAR channels I think that would be quite an interesting strategy for Midgard and its related projects. Have you got more details as to - setting up a PEAR package server (I guess its simple) - syndicating announcements with the PEAR channel (aggregating both ways maybe?) by the way, thanks to the PEAR-dev list for all the feedback. regards, martin Bertrand Mansion wrote:

<mj@php.net> wrote :

On Wed Apr 23, 2003 at 11:1812PM +0200, Pierre-Alain Joye wrote:

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:00:43 +1200 Martin Langhoff <ml@nzl.com.ar> wrote: If some Midgard modules can be used outside Midgard , these modules can be in PEAR. See the Horde project, some module in PEAR come from it.

If I understand Chuck correctly, the Horde guys are not going to contribute their packages in PEAR's CVS anymore. Instead they have set up their own website (http://pear.php.net/), from which their packages can be installed. This should be the way to go for Midgard also.

I guess you meant http://pear.horde.org ;) IMO, PEAR can be interesting for projects like Midgard, Horde and others because it provides a promotion system that sends announces, a weekly newsletter and a RSS feed, as well as package statistics and changelog. There already are some horde packages in PEAR. These are "generic" packages that can be used by everyone outside horde scope. It would be nice to have some Midgard packages as well, if the Midgard team has some "generic" packages. These packages don't have to use PEAR CVS, but they can still take advantage of PEAR promotion system and PEAR installer. You just need to package your packages with the pear installer using a package.xml package description. (that's a lot of "package" word, this mail is going to rank number one in search engine for this keyword...) IIRC, the Contact_VCard package uses this system. There are probably others. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@midgard-project.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@midgard-project.org