Re: Misunderstanding on what PEAR is
| From: | Stig S. Bakken | Date: | Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:45:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Misunderstanding on what PEAR is | ||
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Jon Parise wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:41:59AM +0100, Martin Jansen wrote:
>
> > Yeah - PEAR is the source for useful PHP classes. But there is a huge
> > difference between classes, that help you to create applications,
> > and whole applications.
>
> CPAN uses three different categories for contributions: modules,
> scripts, and documentation.
>
> PEAR could also have multiple categories: classes, extensions,
> scripts, and documentation.
We already have these types of files in package.xml (except "classes" is
"php code"), and anyone can create a package that only contains
documentation files, for example.
- Stig