Re: Net_MAC move from Alpha

Hey Andrew, On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Andrew Teixeira<ateixeira@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, >  I released the last version of Net_MAC over a year ago and had it > set to alpha status as it was basically a relatively new release with > a couple of bug fixes.  Since then, I haven't heard much from the > package and there are no open bug or feature requests.  At what point > do I start pushing this toward beta and finally full release?  Please > let me know.  Thank you. > IMHO, there's no need to rush a 1.0 release. :-) The beauty of pre-1.0 code is that you can break BC whenever you feel like it. So here are some things you could do: * move PHP5 (e.g. work with visibility, migrate global constants into the class) * follow the one class-perr-file rule (exception into seperate file) * add MDB2 as an dependency to package.xml * remove the hard dependency to MDB2 in your __construct() and allow DI * maybe optionally support more DBALs (e.g. Doctrine) * add manufacturer lists and distribute them with your package (e.g. role="data", etc.) * clean-up phpdoc code (e.g. @version is 1.0, but the package is 0.1.5, etc.) * clean-up API: rename check() to isValid(), rename format() to getFormatted() (or something like that) * less static methods * refactor control-flow in findVendor() * add some tests (!) to demonstrate that the validation works (no idea about edge-cases) * add some examples ("How to use Net_MAC?") Cheers, Till