Re: PEAR Group Election: Call For Nominations

Ok, count me in too. Regarding experience... I've been in the PHP world for just two years, coming from Java and more during the previous ten years. I'm one of the new kids around PEAR, as I got involved once I'd become a maintainer for PhpDocumentor in late 2006, and I've been a daily presence on the #pear IRC channel ever since. As part of this spring's new Bug Triage effort, I've taken over several unmaintained packages, so my scope within PEAR continues to grow. My key work over the remainder of this year will revolve around license changes for most of the XML packages, building up test coverage of those packages, and tackling their bugs. I'm hoping this work will eventually earn me a spot on the QA team. Regarding goals... I see the core goals for the next Group to be looking to the future (with the PEAR2 rollout alongside PHP 5.3) and looking back (get our "house in order" by improving the QA aspects in PEAR1). Most of my own personal PEAR work over the next year will be in stabilizing, and in some cases bringing to closure, those PEAR1 packages I've taken responsibility for. Since many PEAR1 packages will continue to be relied upon even into the PEAR2 world, they will continue to require care and feeding. Given that *continuous integration* is the key area of development where my heart is, I will be a strong advocate for the QA goals that Christian has already mentioned. Regarding strengths... The key observation I can make about myself, looking at my experiences with the various groups I've worked in during the last decade, is that I'm a beneficial sounding board during discussions. Even when I don't have direct expert knowledge about the topic being discussed, my diverse experience helps me to ask questions that require others to sometimes rearrange their arguments in order to apply them from a different perspective... sometimes this means playing devil's advocate, and sometimes it only means forcing the arguer to better explain their argument in simpler terms. For the most part, this added breadth to the discussions prove beneficial. I think this is the key benefit that I can offer to the Group. -- CRB