Re: Re: PEAR Internationalization Package

On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 11:09 +0200, Stelian Mocanita wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunately this would be the first step into the Open Source (as a > contributor) so I don't have any contributions up to this point. I would > like to start here and make my way to the parts where an extra hand is > needed. I hope you guys will give me a chance to prove that I mean bussines > and that I do want to give a bit back. > > Regards, Stelian > Hi Stelian, Thanks for your interest in PEAR maintainership! I must point out if you're considering using I18Nv2 in a project, the PHP Internationalization extension might be a better fit: http://php.net/intl. It's available for PHP versions 5.2 and up and is faster, and perhaps more comprehensive than I18Nv2 will ever be. If you're still interested in I18Nv2, you can definitely become a maintainer. Maintainership would involve: * fixing reported bugs on the package * writing and maintaining unit tests * general code maintennance, formatting, documentation, etc. * writing end user documentation * implementing new features * releasing packages when bugs are fixed or features are implemented To maintain a PEAR package, you'll need to know PHP fairly well and be able to conform to the PEAR coding conventions (http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.php). If, during maintainership, you have questions, it is always appropriate to ask them on pear-dev or on efnet IRC in #pear. If you're not really interested in the I18Nv2 package and just want to become a maintainer of a PEAR package, there are many packages you could help with. We'd be delighted to have help with any of them. Once you've chosen a package you will also need a PEAR account from http://pear.php.net/account-request-existingpackage.php. Once your PEAR account is created, we'll help you get an SVN account from php.net. So, let us know (on pear-dev) if you're still interested in maintaining a package, and we'll hook you up. Cheers, Mike > 2010/1/4 Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson <helgith@gmail.com> > > > Hi, > > > > It would be alright for my part but since I haven't been particularly > > active I would like to leave that up to the people on the pear development > > mailing list (list CC'ed). > > They will asses and come back to you, and potentially assign a mentor to > > you that would be able to provide guidance around PEAR. > > > > From the top of my head, the first step would be to point to other open > > source contributions, if any, for them to better assist you. > > > > All the best, > > Helgi > > > > On 4 Jan 2010, at 08:55, Stelian Mocanita wrote: > > > > > Hello Helgi, > > > > > > I picked up your e-mail address from the PEAR Page so as you can imagine > > the inquiry is about a pear package. I was looking over the I18Nv2 package > > and saw that at this point is not maintained by anybody and that > > contributors are welcome, so I would like to give in a hand if possible. > > > > > > Some things about me: I am a web developer from Romania, mostly doing PHP > > lately (3 years or so) but fraternized with most of the web technologies out > > there. The reason I stopped at PHP is mainly the community and one of the > > new year's resolution is to start giving back. Two thinkgs I am keen about > > in Web in general and PHP in particular as Security and Web Accesibility. > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you and I wish you all the best for the > > upcoming year. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Stelian > > > >