Re: Finally PEAR_PackageFileManager 1.6.0 b5 is canceled

Laurent Laville wrote: > Hi all, > > With statistics back on pear website, I was confronted to the hard > reality : a lack of interest to PEAR_PackageFileManager 1.6.0 > > > First, we can now see [1] how few people get the pretty stable version > even if it's under beta state. Average 250 downloads/month. > > Compare to another package [2], I used myself, in same case, but with a > better popularity (1000 downloads/month): Structures_Datagrid 0.7.1 > > > Second, a lack of feedback / comments / tests about the new beta 5 > available on pear cvs repository since Oct 6. > > Remember my first post on this mailing list on Oct 6, and second 6 days > later. > > I will not publish the new release (1.6.0b5) on PEAR website today, and > you've certainly already understood, no draft of the User Guide, on my > website. > > > Even if I will finish the guide I've begun to write few days ago (for > myself first), consider me as a pseudo-inactive leader on this package. Hi Laurent, I think the decision to leave is wrong, as you've done a great job picking up the slack as I've worked on other things for a while. However, since you really started going, I've been intentionally staying out of your way as much as possible. Honestly, I have plans to use P_PFM to create a simple package.xml generation script at pearweb for new packages, and for existing packages, which will make it much easier to get a compliant version number as well as proper updates to package.xml version as things change. If you don't plan on maintaining the package at your current level, I completely understand, but I can't support that decision, you've done good work. No matter what though, the docs you've written would be great to have available. I finally have a working peardoc environment, and although recently I've been consumed with improving pearweb for obvious reasons, I do have plans to move into the doc arena again soon. Greg