Re: Plans for pear.php.net

> Is it my impression or you fear that the implementation of a truly > democratic process of acceptance of packages, to be voted by the > community, can be a threat to the self empowered elite that determined > PEAR rules? Its just your impression. > The way I see, until there is a truly democratic process that does not > favour the hidden interests of those that are in charge of PEAR today, > there will be a lot of developers being hurt for being excluded by the > current elite. Just read the goals of PEAR! PEAR doesn't want to be democratic, PEAR doesn't want to attract as many developers as possible. PEAR wants to be a set of well written classes, with standard interfaces, standard coding style, and a standard of quality. Take the german constitution as an example. Even if 55% of all germans vote for Günter Jauch (TV "star") to be their dictator, it wouldn't be possible without trashing the constitution. Democrazy has to fight against those who want to abolish democrazy even when they use a democratic vote ... PEAR has to fight against things, which do not match PEARs goals, even if there is a majority for it ... For sure: If the majority is too large, PEAR should reconsider it's goals, but at the moment I do not see this happen. > If that is not what you want, think again. Again: Read the goals of PEAR. Christian Dickmann