Re: Fwd: [PEAR] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Services_ReCaptcha-1.0.2 (stable) Released.

Hi David, It's a bunch of tools which are scraping http://pear.php.net/qa/packages_closed_reports_no_release.php ; generating a package.xml based on the closed since last release bugs, building a package, and then letting a developer svn tag & release. There are a number of newer packages, such as Services_Recaptcha & HTML_QuickForm2 which are actually maintained much more than say, Auth_HTTP; but they still appear on the list. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.pear.qa/4248 is the first bit of discussion on the mailing list; which has very few participants; as well as http://marc.info/?l=pear-dev&m=128271948301839&w=2 as an earlier similar thread. As for if developers should have been consulted - well, it's a tough one. For the old packages (say 2007 or earlier); so many developers have been consulted and haven't gotten a release out in a significant chunk of time. The newer packages; sure: the way the report works vs the intent of the report (get old bug fixes out!) is at odds with that though, and I haven't gotten around to dealing with it. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:27 AM, David Jean Louis <izimobil@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > sorry if I come late on this, I'm a bit intrigued: > > - how does these automatic releases work ? > - when was this discussed on the mailing lists ? > - wouldn't it be a good idea to consult first the (active) developer(s) of > the (active) package before doing a blind release ? > > Regards, > > -- > David > > > -------- Message original -------- > Sujet: [PEAR] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Services_ReCaptcha-1.0.2 (stable) Released. > Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:37:56 +0000 (GMT) > De : PEAR Announce <pear-dev@lists.php.net> > Pour : PEAR general list <pear-general@lists.php.net> > > > > > The new PEAR package Services_ReCaptcha-1.0.2 (stable) has been released at > http://pear.php.net/. > > Release notes > ------------- > Automatically built QA release > Bug #17383 Services_ReCaptcha::validate should not send request if empty > chall/resp - izi > > Package Info > ------------ > Services_ReCaptcha is a PHP5 interface to the two services offered by > recaptcha: reCAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA Mailhide. > > reCAPTCHA is a freely available CAPTCHA implementation. It distinguishes > humans from computers. > To use reCAPTCHA, you will need a public/private API key pair, available > here: > http://recaptcha.net/api/getkey > > reCAPTCHA Mailhide helps you protect your inbox by asking people to solve a > reCAPTCHA before they can view your email address. > The reCAPTCHA can only be solved by humans, so this stops spammers from > gaining > access to your email address through automated programs. > reCAPTCHA Mailhide requires the mcrypt php extension and you will also need > a > public and a private API key, that can be generated here: > http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/apikey > > Related Links > ------------- > Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/Services_ReCaptcha > Changelog: > http://pear.php.net/package/Services_ReCaptcha/download/1.0.2 > Download: > > http://download.pear.php.net/package/Services_ReCaptcha-1.0.2.tgz > > Authors > ------- > David Jean Louis (lead) > > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PEAR QA Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >