Re: Master List Package Dependencies For PHP 5/6

Hi, Pierre wrote:

If packages were all isolated then upgrading would be straight forward but there are of course many inter-dependencies. Some folks have mentioned that there are about 20 packages that are heavily depended on. Seems to me that it might be nice to know exactly what might be involved in upgrading a package from a dependency point of view. If we had a master list of all packages and their dependencies then perhaps we could pull this into a spreadsheet or database and do some some slicing and dicing. Determine which packages really are depended heavily on. Maybe come up with an overall strategy of which packages should be upgraded first. That sort of thing.

And once we know which should be updated first, how will you do it? As always, the active maintainers will do it when they need it. Doing a list or not will not help to find more people to test and port packages to php5+, imo.

I disagree here, Arthur's idea has merit. Doing this list will attract attention to the packages that should be ported ASAP and probably also attract new developers to help their maintainers. Pierre, I think you have access to the DB powering the PEAR website? Can you do a simple report and post the results to the list: package name and number of packages depending on it (preferably separating required and optional dependencies)?