Re: Plans for pear.php.net

Hello, On 09/24/2002 04:58 PM, Christian Dickmann wrote:

Yes, because I think that you systematically *OVER*estimate your real world experience and in the same second you are *UNDER*estimating the experience of other people.

I don't measure experience with opinions, only with facts. If I tried something that worked well, that is an irrefutable fact.

Have you seen the film "Memento"? If not: do it! You learn alot about so called "facts" ;-) Just consider that 2 diffrent scenarios need diffrent solutions. I don't say that you are wrong in this special case, because I just don't know if you are or not ... Maybe your projects had slighty diffrent goals, or a diffrent user base, or it was just an other time or what so ever ... just _consider_ that it's not always possible to generally use the "facts" you won in one special situation.

My projects user base are precisely PHP developers. You may wish to demonstrate that the user base is different, but indeed it isn't. I could point many of such developers that inclusively contribute to PHP and PEAR development. Obviously I won't because I prefer that they speak for themselves. Anyway, more than being developers, they are human beings that have needs that match well known patterns. I did not discovered those patterns of behaviour and needs. Other people have discovered those patterns and have written a lot about them. I just studied them and adapted to the specifics of my projects. What I am suggesting is that is done for boosting the motivation and many more developers to give an extra hand to the PHP/PEAR projects. It seems to me that some people feel that many more developers coming to these projects would be a threat for the recognition that some that are already in could gain. I don't see that as a threat but I can understand why others see it that way. It is a conflict of goals that needs to be sorted by those in charge that do not feel that threat. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos