I think, there is no actual process defined for such aspects. But IMHO this
should be done now, since there may appear more unmaintained packages during
transition phase to PHP5, to be cleaned up.
IMHO this is more a QA than a dev issue.
I agree that getting it out of the way before PHP5 is a Good Thing.
I just tried using the link on the PEAR site, but I get an "insufficient priviledges" error:
http://pear.php.net/package-delete.php?id=49
I'm guessing that someone higher up on the PEAR ladder needs to do this.
In the meantime, I'm going to make an announce on the pear lists about discontinuing maintenance of this package, and its eventually removal from PEAR. I guess I'll then hear back from QA about the next steps.
- Colin