Re: [PEPr] Proposal for Structures::Structures_Graph

Sorry for taking a while to check the thread. Humongous party time last night here :-) Ok, taking the time for a roundup of comments: There seems to be some discussion regarding the naming of the future graph display package, or even whether it should be a separate package. As for the naming, I've called it Image_Digraph to avoid the name clash with the existing Image_Graph. The existing Image_Graph is not a candidate for receiving Image_Digraph as an add-on. Image_Graph is a charting or data plotting package. I have no idea if PEAR allows package name changes, so I didn't take the path of proposing a rename of Image_Graph to Image_Plot or Image_Chart. There are almost no synonyms for a graph (those pesky math guys tend to be very terse ;), so I went for Image_Digraph. As for being a separate package or a part of Structures_Graph, I have no formed opinion, but for one 'weak' factor: Graphs, as data structures, are extremely well studied and understood. Graphs as interfaces are a lot more volatile. So, the development pace of Structures_Graph and Image_Digraph is expectably much different and I'd think Structures_Graph could reach a very stable status in about a year. There is at least one feature request, for adding an edge/arc class, which is obviously interesting and will be taken care of, once Structures_Graph is in PEAR. I don't know how is voting initiated, but it's probably with a call for votes on the mailing list. I guess this package won't raise a lot of problems. If discussion calms down for a couple of days, I'll post a call for votes. Cheers, Sérgio Carvalho Pepr wrote:

Sérgio Carvalho (http://pear.php.net/user/sergiosgc) proposes the new package Structures::Structures_Graph. You can find more detailed information here: http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=20