Re: Package proposal: Mail_Mime (alternative)

Greg Beaver wrote:

I do think there needs to be a home for the other projects that are still well-written and useful. No offense to the other repositories out there, but nothing approaches the ease of finding packages and installation that pear and Horde have. I think a repository that uses the pear installer but has more relaxed rules about acceptance (i.e., only requiring quality code and documentation) would complement PEAR quite well, and possibly reduce the length and acid content of threads on pear-dev when a package is not accepted. Then there would be the official repository, and another place to search if you need a specific solution that isn't quite implemented by a pear package.

Maybe I'm a little naive but why does nobody start to set up a server, install pearweb (or a slightly modified version of it) and open it to the public? If there is a need... there you go. You have a home for great packages which do not fit into PEAR. If done right, it will become a de facto standard (no matter what core PEAR does) and if the lately proposed features for the installer (adding servers etc.) are actually realized, it will be as handy for the user as PEAR is now. Don't get me wrong. I understand the current PEAR policies and I understand the current complains as well. It's an honest question/proposal. Matthias