Re: On PEAR quality issues and natural selection
| From: | Paul M Jones | Date: | Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:02:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: On PEAR quality issues and natural selection | ||
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On Apr 9, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Hans Lellelid wrote:
Why would anyone want to go through the minefield of egos on PEAR-DEV to get the PEAR stamp of approval when they can distribute their application using other means? I for one, have no idea what the "PEAR stamp of approval" adds to a package other than a stigma for bloat, crippling BC-requirements, over-rigid styleguide, soon a "big brother" QA team, and a very basic distribution system -- seemingly soon to be made a dinasaur by ZZ/OSS. Some of those are harsh words, but I have to say that I have also seen tons of great packages get rejected. I don't know what business PEAR has rejecting good work on the grounds of duplication, since clearly PEAR has little or no coherent vision for what it's class library should provide. (and that's just a re-iteration of that same sentiment expressed in the forum)Could it be that PEAR is the United Nations of the PHP world? ;-) -- Paul M. Jones Savant: the simple alternative to Smarty. http://phpsavant.com/