Re: Package Proposal: HTML_Template_Dummy

On Sat Jul 19, 2003 at 03:0908PM +0200, Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:16:26 -0500 > Paul M Jones <pjones@ciaweb.net> wrote: > > > Not to shoot down my own package, but I really do understand the > > objections of Martin and Lukas. We have... > > > > HTML_Template_[ Flexy | IT | PHPLib | Sigma | Xipe ] > > > > ...already in PEAR, and they all do pretty much the same thing. What > > use, then, to add Dummy to the archive? > > Because PEAR is not a scripts archive. To clarify that: We have made some big mistakes concerning template engines in the past. When the rush began, we missed the chance to come down to a common API for all engines and we didn't really object when people introduced new engines with different APIs. Over the time we have learned from this and we have realized that it isn't a good thing to have a bunch of packages all doing essentially the same. Because of that there are in fact a number of template packages but at the same time we try to keep the mess as small as possible by not adding more. I hope this clarifies the reasons for our "negative" attitude towards template engines a bit. Smarty addicted, -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/