Re: On PEAR quality issues and natural selection
| From: | Greg Beaver | Date: | Fri, 09 Apr 2004 17:36:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: On PEAR quality issues and natural selection | ||
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Paul M Jones wrote:
On Apr 9, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Greg Beaver wrote:No, that's what I tried to say in my convoluted way: the best thing about PEAR is the installer. GregI do agree that there is a bit of KISS missing from PEAR, but I also feel that the focus of using the installer is a different kind of KISS from the old wild west download-and-run mentality. Once this is understood, I think the installer is quite an asset.In fact, I think the installer is one of the sources of PEAR's greatness. Perhaps we have different ideas as to the nature of PEAR's greatness.