Re: [RFC] PEAR::Pager changes

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 21:55:01 +0200, Martin Jansen wrote: > If I were you, I'd stop development on one of the packages in > favour of the other one. This will free you from a maintenance > nightmare No maintenance nightmares, since both packages are rock solid and stable. I implemented these last modifications only to improve the look&feel of one of them and to match the other one. This done, the development for both packages should reach an end. Anyway, the more I think about it, the more I'm prone to the idea of merging them into one package, with a simple wrapper like this one (or something similar, just to give the idea): ================================ class Pager { function Pager($options); { if(!empty($options['pager_style']) && $options['pager_style'] == 'sliding') { include_once 'Pager/Sliding.php'; return new Pager_Sliding($options); } else { include_once 'Pager/Jumping.php'; //the old PEAR::Pager return new Pager_Jumping($options); } } } ================================ >and it will be easier for users to choose the right package [tm]. how can they choose if there's no alternative? :D :D :D However, with these mods, choosing the right package should be even easier, since the 2 packages are now 100% compatible. Switching between the two is as easy as changing ---- require_once 'Pager/Sliding.php'; $pager = new Pager_Sliding($options); ---- to / from ---- require_once 'Pager/Pager.php'; $pager = new Pager($options); ---- that's it. With the wrapper, it would be reduced to one word only. I'd like to collect some more opinions, though. Best regards, Lorenzo