Re: elections for PEAR Group commence in 1 day

Gregory Beaver wrote: > Hello, > > This election is the big one: the PEAR Group will make decisions that > affect every single developer, including defining what a collective is, > which packages belong to which collectives, assigning CVS karma for > developers, and other vitally important tasks. > > Thanks, > Greg As Greg mentions in the email I am running to be a pear group member. PEAR came a long way yet much remains to be done. Some current policies need to be re-examined in the light of this day, this includes allowing competing packages and show prominently on the website which ones follow a set of rules: end-user documentation, unit tests and following the coding standards. End-user documentation is a major problem, the group should see to what can be done (wiki, docbook, etc.). Many feel PEAR has missed the PHP5 boat, in a way it is true, adoption of PHP5 for new packages has been slow even though it reflects on the most widespread PHP version (that is 4). The website has been improved a lot lately, new ideas need to be ironed out or even imagined on how to deal with this and the coming PHP6. The group should make it easier for contributors to come-in and help coordinate the work of existing contributors. There are a lot of people willing to help but don't know where to start. When it comes down to it, the group should work towards making PEAR more open and communicate more (to stop having this bureaucracy image) on what it is (a toolbox) and what it wants to achieve (provide infrastructure, tools and a community). Arnaud.