Re: What's up with pear?

re: 3) The PEAR base tarball exists and that is great. And where does one find this tarball? ---------------------------------------------- "Tony Bibbs" <tony@tonybibbs.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0302120920480.11751-100000@internal.iowaoutdoors.org... > I see a ton of responses on this and I'm sure the tone of the message is > definitely part of the reason. However, I think there are some small > things that the fine PEAR folks could do to address this and not tie up a > ton of time: > > 1) I think a troubleshooting section in the manual under the Installation > section would be appropriate. This is where we could quickly add all the > tips for installation that I'm sure many of these resposnes in my inbox to > this flamer could be put. > > 2) I don't know how much effort it would be but it may be worth adding in > user comments to the PEAR manual (similar to the PHP manual) now that it > is out of production. I'm sure this has probably been talked about on > this list before but maybe now is the time to revisit that idea. > > 3) The PEAR base tarball exists and that is great. Maybe the PEAR manual > should be adjusted to have just a "Getting PEAR" section that talks about > both downloading the tarball AND using the PEAR package manager. Also > adding a small section on how to manually install additional PEAR packages > not in the base code. > > I feel the pain...it amazes me how people can flame a list like this > considering all this work is voluntary. However, just because most of our > contributions are free doesn't mean we don't have a responsibility to > address recurring issues (windows PEAR installation problems aren't new to > this list). I think we should just ask ourselves "what is the smallest > thing we can deliver in a short amount of time that adds the greatest > value?" > > I hope my items above is a start and I'm sure there are other good > examples of simple things we can do to address this. Anyway, in an > effort to not be perceived as 'all talk' I'd be willing to help out with > some of this. > > -- > Tony Bibbs "I guess you have to remember that those who don't > tony@tonybibbs.com hunt or fish often see those of us who do as > harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you > think about it, that might be a fair assessment." > --Unknown >