Re: Splitting of Structures_DataGrid into subpackages?

Olivier Guilyardi wrote: > IMO we don't need real subpackages, just artificial subcategories on the > web site, to make browsing packages comfortable. I agree that these 17 > new packages (and new drivers that users will submit) are going to flood > the web interface. > > One may argue that package.xml could be where to configure such > subcategorization... But some fields on the "New package" form at > pear.php.net could also do the trick. package.xml is used for installation only. In other words, this only affects the way people view the packages. As such, this information belongs solely on the server in REST and in the categorization. Sub-categories would be an easy way to support this, but then again, someone would need to code the actual support, as always :) From an installation perspective, package.xml already has full support for sub-packages through optional package groups. For instance, if you define a group named "all" that contains all the drivers, users can install all of them with: pear install Structures_DataGrid#all Even more important, users can remove them all at once with: pear uninstall Structures_DataGrid#all Note that this will work even if only 1 driver is installed, as it will simply pass over packages that are not installed. Greg