Re: solution for those depending on PEAR packages with non-PEAR apps

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:11:21 -0400 cellog@php.net (Greg Beaver) wrote: > The installer, on the other hand, would not install the package > automatically, but would prompt the user with "This package > patches pear.php.net/Foo version 1.2.0 from uri > http://www.example.com/Foo-1.2.0.1.tgz because of Critical Bug > in > Bar(), do not install unless you trust this source. Install? > [Y]" This is an ugly solution to a common problem. If one realized than a package is not maintain, the authors do not want to add a vital (for him) feature or whatever, he can create its own (based on the old or not) and add it to his channel. The problem is then fixed, without confusion or upcoming conflicts. But having official support for forks, patched version, or anything in this direction is not something I like to see in the PEAR installer. --Pierre