Re: Bundling third-party libraries

Lukas Smith wrote:

Derick Rethans wrote:

I think the whole problem with PEAR is the incredible amount of rules.

Thats funny. eZ components have a much more strict coding style and contribution regulations in place, which is put forth as a feature. So please stay with the facts.

Sure, but we're not trying to be a repository for all kinds of PHP packages. For an open community repository like PEAR I think there are too many rules.

I also think that the PEAR repository as a project is now obsolete as the installer has channel support allowing installation from multiple source.

Mind you, I did *not* say that the code in the PEAR project is obsolete. I merely meant that the PEAR project is obsolete in the way that it is trying to be the only repository is no longer true. For that to work you need to be more relaxing on what code you accept and how to structure the organisation.

Now _WE_ knew full well what we were doing when _WE_ decided that its a good idea to provide the infrastructure if PEAR to the PHP world at large.

Sure, I definitely think that providing the infrastructure to release packages as part of an open community is a good thing as obviously not everybody has the means to setup a channel server themselves ofcourse. Derick