RE: [PEAR-DEV] Misunderstanding on what PEAR is

You may not see the need, but from the input on the list it would seem that many users/developers have the need for a CPAN-like repository, a more flexible PEAR. It also seems that they are not insisting on the watering-down of PEAR as you describe it, but are proposing a *separate* repository. Perhaps it can be created and called something else, if the PEAR developers don't want it to be part of PEAR? > -----Original Message----- > From: cox@idecnet.com [mailto:cox@idecnet.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 12:43 PM > To: PEAR DEV > Subject: [PEAR-DEV] Misunderstanding on what PEAR is > > > The PEAR concept it self is only a Repository, a unique web repository > and the works done in this area (pear web and pear installer/packager) > are in this direction. Also it's not a common repository, is a > repository with software that: > > * has been approved to be in by the Pear developers and has the general > concensus of the Pear community (Pear users) > * follows a unique coding standars (avaible to read, already stadarized > and used in all PEAR) > * uses a common error handling mechanism > * tries to have a similar way of use > * has documentation about its API in the PHPDoc format > * has documentation/examples/tests (to be marked as stable) > > All this _is_ PEAR proyect. I don't see the point of splitting the Web > Repository, changing the actual conventions or droping/adopting things > that doesn't meet this list. > > About the always asked thing: "php4/pear" vs "pear" (the CVS modules). > "php4/pear" will only contain things needed by the PEAR infrastructure > and will be distributed with the php distribution. The "pear" module > contains PEAR software that will be distributed via the pear web in the > form of pear packages handled by the PEAR Package Manager (formed by the > "pear" script and the classes inside "php4/pear/PEAR/*"). This module is > only a tool for helping the developers who joins PEAR but its use is > completely optional. It's better for PEAR not to be distributed with php > because we could make releases avaible under our own cycle. > > > Tomas V.V.Cox > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pear-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: pear-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >