Re: Mission Statement Brainstorming

On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:11:03AM -0400, Craig Constantine wrote: > --On October 12, 2006 5:04:36 PM -0700 Joshua Eichorn <josh@bluga.net> > wrote: > > > My goal from this process is two parts. > > One is too get a document that describes a mission for PEAR that we can > > all get behind. Something you can point people at when they ask What is > > PEAR? > > Mission: > Provide the best repository of extensions for programmers using PHP. > > Goals: > (We've accomplished our mission when we...) > 1. Enable end users to easily find, install and use PEAR extensions > 2. Maintain high quality within the repository > 3. Enable developers of extensions to collaborate, and to easily build upon > existing work > > -c > I like this except for use of the word "extension[s]" which means to me "extending the interpreter", when what PEAR is is a series of *packages* which are written in pure php. thoughts? regards, J