Re: PEAR-PECL relations announcement

So I take it your moving packages like bz2 out of PEAR and over to PECL? <pear-group@php.net> wrote in message news:008e01c3810e$391f3e60$4d00a8c0@vandal... > Hi, > > just to make things a bit clearer, because I have the feeling that this > did not get communicated clearly enough. > > PECL used to be a subproject of PEAR. However the PEAR Group felt that > this hindered PECL more than it helped. We therefore decided to give > leadership of PECL to a separate entity, so that PECL could gain more > momentum. PECL leadership could come up with its own regulations etc. > > As you may have noticed from Wez's announcement > (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=pear-dev&m=106392922123993&w=2) the > other day, he has taken over this position. > > So what does that mean for PEAR? > > Actually we think it doesn't change things a lot for PEAR at all. > Development of packages will go on as usual. PECL packages never really > fit into our peer review process anyways so that PECL package where > never much of a topic on the PEAR lists. > > We will however continue to provide infrastructure in the form of > pearweb and the pear installer. These will be used by PECL just as > before. However PECL will get its own site with its own look and feel > over at pecl.php.net. > > As a result only issues with pearweb internals (not typos which should > go to peclwebmaster) on pecl.php.net should be discussed on PEAR lists. > Only issues with the installer not issues with PECL packages itself > should be discussed on PEAR mailinglists. When in doubt first contact > the PECL lists. > > We will probably soon create a new mailinglist to discuss the PEAR > infrastructure. Until then pear-dev is the place to go. > > So what does that mean for PECL? > > As mentioned above PECL will get its own regulations. All PECL related > discussions will take place on their own mailinglists. We already > separated the CVS and the CVS commit list a while back. So I guess this > change really did not come out of nowhere. > > We think this will mean that both projects can now better focus on their > specific issues. The community for each while having considerable > overlap was also too large which sort of overwhelmed the PECL people. > This step will therefore help build up a community feel among the PECL > people and will also help us, the PEAR community, to focus on our > strengths. > > The future looks bright yadayada ;-) > > Regards, > the PEAR Group