Re: PEAR Account Request: lanceromance

On Apr 16, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Philippe Jausions wrote:

----------------------------------------------------- I'm applying for a PEAR account for the following reasons: [ ] Submit a patch [ ] To learn [ ] To install and use PEAR [ ] To contribute a new package to PEAR: [________________] (short package description) [ ] To help maintain an existing package: [_______________] (Name of package) [ ] I have already contacted the package maintainer(s) about it. [ ] I have a package to release through the PEAR packager/installer

    but not through CVS: [_______________________] (short description of package)

----------------------------------------------------- If items 4-6 are not filled properly, a page would immediately inform them that an account is not required. Asking for package information up-front would deter "casual" applicants.

+1 for this or something like it. Maybe even a generated email instead of a response page, so that the applicant does not just hit 'back' and try to "game the system" too easily. -- Paul M. Jones pmjones@ciaweb.net Savant: the simple alternative to Smarty. http://phpsavant.com/