RE: [PEAR-DEV] PHPUnit News

> From: Stig S. Bakken [mailto:ssb@fast.no] > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:42 AM > > Sebastian Bergmann wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I created a branch "ZEND_ENGINE_2" in the PHPUnit/ directory. > > > > > > This branch requires, as you already guessed from its name, the Zend > > > Engine 2. It will eventually become PHPUnit 1.0, once PHP 5.0.0 is > out > > > of the door. > > > > > > Current changes include the use of namespaces, proper pass-by- > reference > > > and the use of private members. > > > > > > Next thing on my TODO is proper exception handling for the > > > PHPUnit::TestFailure class. > > > > > > > > > > > Very cool, > > What about making a ZEND_ENGINE_2 branch for the whole pear cvs module? > > (and then each maintainer will convert his/her package whenever he/she > > likes) > > In general, I think it is better to try making the code ZE1/2 > compatible, and in the cases where this won't work, put just the > ZE2-specific code in separate files, and avoid using branches. Having > "permanent branches" such as this becomes a really big maintenance > headache after some time. > also it makes things more confusing from the user perspective. Allthough for the long term clean seperation it might be better to go with branches I think it poses to many disadvantages for the short-mid-term. Not using branches will ensure that more work is done to make code ZE1 and ZE2 compliant. Will make it easier for CVS novices. BTW: Stig added (will add?) the possibility to specify the required ZE in the package.xml Regards, Lukas