Re: elections for PEAR Group commence in 1 day

Simon Ruderich wrote: > Joe Stump wrote: >>> 3.) Moving PEAR to PHP5-only. I've been a staunch proponent of moving >>> PEAR towards PHP5+ only packages for some time now. I firmly believe >>> PHP4 is dead and should be treated as such. We shouldn't be accepting >>> PHP4 packages nor should we be promoting PHP4 packages. Ideally, I'd >>> like to see a separate channel for PHP5-only packages so developers >>> could move their packages to PHP5 without having to rename them "Foo2". > > I know it's a bit off-topic but I would be very happy to see the PHP 4 > packages longer alive and in active development and that the "active" > PEAR would longer be compatible with PHP 4. > > I know that PHP 4 is "dead" (and has its flaws) and is no longer really > supported but it's still used very often and many people (including me) > couldn't use PEAR (or then PEAR2) or had to stick with old versions and > so bugs. > > My suggestion would be to go one with PEAR2 like it's planned (PHP 5 > only), but still put some "energy" in the development of the "old" PEAR > and PHP 4 packages. > > I'm using PEAR all day and I'm very happy with its power and simplicity > and I would be very glad to use an active PEAR in the future with PHP 4. Hi Simon, One of the basic tenets of pear.php.net is that old packages are not deleted, they are simply unsupported at a certain point - but this does not mean we will not accept patches from developers like you who use the packages. The magic of open source continues :) Greg