what should I do?

There is a PEAR package that I would really like to see stable and I have been hacking on it so that I can use it locally. I have emailed the developer but have not gotten a response. The current package seems to be targeted at procedural code implementations, and I would like to use it within an OOP design. I have several of the needed additions already working locally. If I don't hear back from the project maintainer is it still possible to be granted an account to work on the package? If not, would a similar package focused at OOP implementation be thrown out as a "competing package"? What is a coder supposed to do in this situation? Thanks, -Jackson