Re: memory usage issues in PEAR 1.4.0

Alan Knowles wrote:

I probably wont go on much further on this, but It is a concern that I have heard from a few other developers, that the installer is growing very fat, however I havent got the time or inclination to dig into pear's code to understand the details or even fix it. I can understand how this has happened, a considerable amount of features have been added, but like all projects that evolve like this, the point where you have practically completed the main task is where the real challenges lie, optimizing, pruning etc (or throwing out the bathwater, as I've done before..). The installer looks like it has got to that stage now, but It would be conforting now, to hear a glowing ethusiasum to attack the problem of bloat as much as the problem of missing features. many of which sound essential, but may in hindsight be regarded as a non critical feature added to the core...

I have heard absolutely nothing from any developers who wish to apply their energies to writing any code for the installer. Many have offered, but none have any real interest in doing work. If you want "glowing enthusiasm" from me, you need to do better than this. I've spent fully a year and a half of my time taking away from other projects I work plus my regular life. To now hear "oh, just delete most of the work you did" is never - EVER - going to elicit any enthusiasm, glowing or stinking. I'm happy to withdraw completely - and I am totally serious - from the PEAR project and release my work through my own separate outlet so that those who are penny-pinchers with memory can be happy. Greg