Re: PHPTAL package name

Hey Kornel, you are correct, changing the packagre name requires changing the class names and possibly the file structure in your VCS (HTML/Template/PHPTAL.php, etc.). I don't know about the upgrade procedure for your existing users, but my guess is that if they use a pear-install already, the "new" package name would hint at a totally new package for the user. E.g. if they did pear install PHPTAL before, they now need to do pear install HTML_Template_PHPTAL. Let me know if this answers your question. Till On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Kornel Lesinski <kornel@aardvarkmedia.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, any advice on this? > > On 10 Nov 2009, at 23:41, Kornel Lesiński wrote: > >> I've been informed on #pear that PHPTAL package should be renamed to >> HTML_Template_PHPTAL. That category definitely suits the project, but as far >> as I'm aware, this also requires change of package name and class names. >> >> Just change of package name doesn't sound very bad, it'll only require >> existing pear users to uninstall old package first (right?), but change of >> class name prefix seems very disruptive to me. It would require changes not >> only all over PHPTAL codebase, but also in all existing PHPTAL-based >> projects/framework adapters and some 3rd party extensions. >> >> I could provide wrappers or dummy classes that inherit new ones under old >> names, but that would be messy and nearly double number of files that have >> to be loaded (startup performance is PHPTAL's weak point already, and I >> don't want PHPTAL to be perceived as bloated and high overhead). >> >> Also, without real namespaces class names that are already overly long >> (e.g. PHPTAL_Php_Attribute_TAL_Condition) would get even longer. Some of >> those classes are visible to users. >> >> >> I wouldn't mind renaming classes when migrating to PEAR2. With real >> namespaces these problems are minuscule. >> >> >> So my questions are: >> >> Is it possible to have "PHPTAL" package in HTML/Template category? or >> HTML_Template_PHPTAL package that uses only PHPTAL as class name prefix? >> Can renaming be deferred until PEAR2? > > -- > regards, Kornel > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >