RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR Midgard wrapup

> It was suggested that Midgard belongs to PECL, but that seems to be > targetted for C modules. I have not been able to find the PECL > guidelines either, so I am not sure if this is accurate. At any rate, > our target is to be installable using PEAR tools, so that begs the > question: are PECL modules part of the same repository and easiliy > installable using _pear_ (the CLI tool)? PECL belongs to PEAR indeed, and extensions there are indeed installable using pear install xyz, that is true for *nix only though as windows does not come with a compiler and needed tools. A way is being worked on to provide already compiled dlls though (i think i saw a mail that wez, was it ? has setup a page with dlls). PECL are C extensions indeed. > Of course, we can serve our packages from our servers -- we > don't even > need a repository as the pear tools will take a valid URL, get the > package, and install it. However, this negates many advantages, > including dependance resolution, publicity (just by being > alongside in > the same repository), search functionality, etc. I don't see any problem is having packages in pear which come from midgard. Not whole of midgard but components certainly. BTW, i thinj you can have dependecy check anyway, i mean you provide xyz package and put "requires Net_Url" and it should work i guess, anybody correct me if i'm wrong. > I still think using the PEAR tools is a great advantage when > compared to > reinventing them. Certainly a lot better than storing code -- > libraries > in particular -- in database. Indeed. > So I would like to invite opinions from fellow Midgardians on > the path > forward for our libraries, like NemeinAuth and others. > > I would like to thank the PEAR-dev list again. I have to > guess that the > decision not to allow complete applications is related to the early > phase PEAR is in, and that complete applications and > frameworks will be > welcome at some stage. The Midgard community will be keen, > and everyone > will benefit. Anyway, that was just my 0.02 Euros :) Arnaud.