RE: [PEAR-DEV] Announcing the PEAR Group

> From: Bertrand Mansion [mailto:bmansion@mamasam.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:09 AM > > The group's first task is to regulate itself. I would like to emphasize > > that the purpose of the PEAR Group is not to add bureaucracy, but to > > ensure that decisions are being made, efficiently and fairly. > Could you please be clearer about the purpose of this group, "regulate > itself" is nice but doesn't mean anything. You are talking about > decisions, > what are those decisions related to ? We already have come up with internal regulations which is almost finished. There are some minor points still under discussion. These will cover how the membership of the group will maintained. It will also cover how votes will be handled. The job of the pear group was defined at the pear meeting however (taken from the summary): A PEAR Group should be formed. Its size will be 5-9 people, an uneven number will be chosen. It will be dynamic, people can join or leave it. What happens in that case (especially regarding maintaining an uneven number) was not made. The initial members are appointed by Stig. The Group will then regulate itself. The Group can apply a veto on a package proposal and can make decisions in the case the community needs direction or resolving of conflicts. For example the latest discussion on pear-dev about IT[X] vs. Sigma could have resulted in actions being taken by the PEAR Group. The roles of this group are: * keep the PEAR "roadmap" and quality * handle conflicts * organize the PEAR project * set standards regards, Lukas