Re: PEAR's Error Handling and PHP5

Hi Lukas, On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:45:13 +0200 lsmith@php.net (Lukas Smith) wrote: > So my personal conclusion is that the masses want to force exception > usage and that I think that the other side is too small and is > therefore just stalling an inevitable process (even if the > disagreement with this process is imho based on sound reasoning and I > am therefore part of this minority opposition). > > As a result to make way for these masses There is no masses, there is a couple of extremists or crusaders who want to convert the PHP pragmatic infidels. The masses is quiet and is trying to work, to contribute to pear, to help with patches, ideas or supporting our users (that said, Justin's initial approach has my full respect). > I am leaving PEAR once the Google Summer Code projects are over and > integrated into PEAR. Probably no later than October 1st 2006. That's a very bad news. You are one of the most active contributor, and also one of the best (technically and socially), we will miss you (in case I did not manage to convince you to stay :). > Anyone who wants to take over/join development of any of my packages > should contact me within this time frame so that they can still > benefit from my brain cycles. > > The timing is pretty good anyways, The timing is good but the time is bad. People not active in PEAR try to tell us what to do and are partially the cause why this list is more a flame factory than what it should be, a source of inspirations. -- Pierre