Re: VersionControl_Bzr

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Bjorn Wijers <burobjorn@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I just joined the PEAR list because I'm interested in creating a PHP > library for dealing with Bzr (Bazaar see http://bazaar.canonical.com¥eU÷ > ñ`’V‹/[Ã). > Mainly because I want to use it with Phing for my own projects. > > I've looked at VersionControl_Git and VersionControl_Hg. The > implementations seem to differ quite a lot and I would like to know if > there is some consensus on which approach is recommended. > > As far as I can see the VersionControl_Hg implementation is still in the > proposed phase and the VersionControl_Git is already accepted and in alpha. > My personal gut feeling is that the VersionControl_Hg is more mature, > although it's not part of PEAR yet. > > I've never created a PEAR package so far and could use some mentoring or > get some pointers in the right direction. Thanks in advance! So - general advice; I'd say don't wait for us - start hacking away. There's Pirium or http://pearhub.org/ which will easily allow you to publish your package in a pear installable way. VersionControl_Git I pushed through because we swapped pearweb to Git... and kind of needed an provider for some of our packaging. Don't shoot me for saying it, but PEAR as a group of developers is just starting to really like github. I have no idea if there's a bzr equivalent, but it might be worth just getting code out there on github to get enough interest/eyeballs on it. In general terms, we don't really mind what your package looks like, assuming: You run PHP_CodeSniffer across it once or twice You pick sensible class/package names Unit test coverage is a big plus. Being Dependency injection friendly/avoiding statics - I'm keen on this, as it promotes testability, I think others also don't mind it. Most of all - KISS. I take it you are currently targeting php 5+, not specifically 5.3? If you are targeting 5.3, I'd have a chat to some of the pear2 devs - they can give you a bit more guidance around package layout/namespaces/etc. This mailing list or irc (efnet #pear) is usually a good place to find us and have a chat.