Re: Proposal: Migrate unmaintained packages to github

Hi Daniel, > We've got a number of unmaintained packages: > http://pear.php.net/qa/packages_orphan.php > > We regularly get requests from folks to take over packages; but it's > a bit of a hassle to greet them; assess them; get them karma; etc. > A lot of us are comfortable with git. The migration path is trivial > (git-svn; update package source link; remove from pear svn); with the > exception of losing the CI service without a bit of mucking around. > Git removes much friction from accepting patches/etc; once you get > over the initial learning curve. > > So... what would be compelling reasons *not* to migrate packages? > > All I've got so far: > 1) Validate_* have a unique dir structure which would be a pain to > untangle. > 2) There's a lot of packages; most of them without open > bugs; so why muck around with them I follow reason 2 and would only migrate them when the need is apparent (i.e. takeover) - it'd be too boring for me to migrate them all now. -- Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Weiske -= Geeking around in the name of science since 1982 =-