Re: How to suggest new package or take over existing package?

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Dmitri Snytkine <d.snytkine@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > I've made changes to Event_Dispatcher package and would like to release it > as Event_Dispatcher2 > the reason for name change is because it's php5 code. > > Changes I've make - private/protected/public keywords, type hinting, code > cleanup, > and most importantly it now implements SplSubject interface > > It's still backward-compatable with Event_Dispatcher but only for those who > are using the current package with php5 > > The link to "New maintainer guide" on > https://pear.php.net/pepr/ is broken, > so there is no way to find our how to propose a new package. > > Basically I would also like to release another totally new package I wrote - > a cache framework. I am looking for co-developers for that package who can > write test cases (I am not good at writing tests.) > and to implement back-end cache class for APC and Cache_Lite. I already > wrote backend classes to use memcache and memcached > > How can I submit my proposed packages? > Here is the link: https://pear.php.net/manual/en/developers-newmaint.php In a nutshell, for new packages, you should start the proposal process for sure. I don't know exactly how a PHP4 > to PHP5 port would work. Regardless, you could start a proposal for it as well, but I am sure someone else will reply and be able to shed some light on it. Till