Re: Proposal: A need for simple development helping tools/scripts

Jesus M. Castagnetto wrote:

I remember that Greg mentioned that he built a script to generate a package.xml file. That would be a boon for PEAR packages with a complex tree. I saw that script in the phpDocumentor's CVS tree (scripts/create_package.xml), and with some little tinkering it could be adapted to be general. On the same note, as I am writing unit tests for my PEAR packages (as time permits), I ended up writing a quick-and-dirty script to generate a skeleton for a unit test class, not too fancy, just the basics. It lives now in Math_Stats/test/mkUnitTest.php until it finds a better home. Now, the proposal. Why not put this type of tools on a 'tools' dir on PEAR's CVS?, that way developers can make ready use of them. I do not think these tools would be of general user interest, so they do not need to be part of the pear packager, unless someone has a better rationale. If such things are needed, what other scripts would need to be written? Ideas/suggestions/pointers/recommendations?

Sounds great to me. - although I dont see why you cant make a package out of them : PEAR_Tools? - add a package xml to it, and have it available as a load of shell scripts.. the pear installer supports installing shell scripts - Gtk_MDB_Designer uses it so you just type gtkmdbdesigner at the shell prompt (on unix anyway). Regards Alan

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