Re: Plans for pear.php.net

<mj@php.net> wrote : > Guys, > > whilst I've nearly finished setting up our bug reporting system on > bugs.php.net, this is the list of stuff that I will integrate on > pear.php.net in the future: > > * Package suggestion system (PSS): > > PSS will provide an easy way for programmers to announce their > script to the PEAR developers: Instead of posting an > announcement on pear-dev (like it happens today) the programmers > will be able to fill out a form on pear.php.net, which will generate > an email sent to pear-dev. > People with a website account will then be able to vote for the > package for n days. > After n days, the package will be > > a) accepted, if there are more positive than negative votes and > if there are at least 5 positive votes. > b) rejected, if there are more negative votes than positive ones. > c) postponed, if the positive votes are equal to the negative > ones. In this case, the vote can be either restarted or one > of the PEAR administrators has to give a final vote. > > Once the vote is closed, the result will be mailed to pear-dev and > to the contributor and a new package will be created on pear.php.net, > if the package has been accepted. > > The intention of PSS is to reduce the traffic on pear-dev and to > provide an easy way for future contributors to add their stuff. > > * Developer page: > > Similar to account-info.php a page will be set up for each developer > where he can see, which bugs have been filed for packages he is > maintaining. > For an example of this, see > http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?package=php4. > > > Both this tasks are things that I will realize in a medium- or > longterm, as I will be pretty busy with university things in the next > months. > > Comments are welcomed. Great ideas Martin ! I hope you will find the time to code that soon. I'm thinking about a request form too where users could explain their needs for a special class. Just an idea... Thanks, Bertrand Mansion Mamasam