Re: Amsterdam meeting agenda

On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 11:40:31AM +0200, Bertrand Mansion wrote: > >> - Where to find the source, online ? > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > >> I hate it when the package I am interested in doesn't have its source in > >> PEAR CVS. I have to download it, untar it, read the source in an IDE. I > >> suggest that every packages should be available for browsing in CVS or > >> Subversion repositories with online access. Or at least as .phps. > > > > Feel free to discuss this, but I don't think it's practical to require > > all PEAR source code to exist in a public repository. While it may be > > inconvenient for you to browse the source code because you need to > > download a distribution archive, it may be even more inconvenient for > > the package's developers to maintain their code in a public repository. > > I think the developers' preference should always take precedence here. > > That's why I said .phps too. Sorry, I missed that. I think that's a reasonable request. > It is nice to have the choice. Still, IMO we shouldn't have to > download the package in order to just browse the sources. I agree. It's important that the developers retain the right to choose the method that works best for them. > That's maybe something that could be done in PEAR web too, convert > the release .tar.gz to browsable code. Or maybe that's just a > gadget? I think that's a very good idea. There was talk of running phpDocumentor on all released code and making the result available on the PEAR web site. A side effect of that would be the generation of browsable source code, as well. -- Jon Parise (jon@php.net) :: The PHP Project (http://www.php.net/)