Proposals for Sub Packages
| From: | Scott Mattocks | Date: | Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:30:13 +0000 |
| Subject: | Proposals for Sub Packages | ||
| Groups: | php.pear.dev | ||
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Hello,
I just proposed Structures_Form which is a base form management class.
This class requires a front end but the front end is not included in the
package to make the package more light weight and flexible. Instead the
front end should be installed as a sub package such as
Structures_Form_Gtk2 or Structures_Form_CLI. Should the front end
packages be proposed separately or are they considered part of the main
package?
For example, I created two proposals for PEAR_PackageUpdate. One for the
base code and another for the PHP-GTK 2 front end. But recently there
was a thread about Validate saying that Validate sub packages are added
at the Validate maintainers discretion.
I like the two proposal system because it draws attention to the fact
that the packages are separate and everything gets more review, but what
happens if the front end is not accepted but the back end is?
Thanks,
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Scott Mattocks
Author of the soon to be published: Pro PHP-GTK
http://www.crisscott.com