Re: About IRC Classes (was Re: [PEAR-QA] HTTP_Upload patches)

Stefan Neufeind wrote:

On 1 Jun 2004 at 17:12, Tomas V.V.Cox wrote:

David Costa wrote:

Do you need anyone on Net_IRC ? :D

Seeing the status of the IRC classes: Net_IRC: always beta, 2600 downloads, one year inactivity, no docs Net_SmartIRC: stable status, 13000 downloads, one year inactivity, docs IMHHO, thinking on what is best for PEAR, the actions I'd take for them would be: - Mark Net_IRC as deprecated - Rename Net_SmartIRC to Net_IRC (until the Net_EvenSmarterIRC class arraises) - Accept developers for the class

Imho simple renaming is not a good idea since this might lead to name- confusion. The good solution I could think of would be Net_IRC2 ... and then maybe somebody should write try to compare both classes and see which Net_IRC-functions would need to be added to SmartIRC, if there are any. And there should imho be a guide how to move from Net_SmartIRC to Net_IRC if possible.

Were talking with meebey at IRC about that. The plan more or less was to drop Net_IRC and let SmartIRC where it is. He is planning to reorganize SmartIRC in different levels deppending how deep the user wants to play with the IRC protocol. That resultant class would become in some months Net_IRC or Net_IRC2 (will discuss that at its properly moment). I'm still waiting to Paul Querna (the guy who took the class), what he thinks and feels about Net_IRC and its current/future status. If he doesn't answer in a considerable time, I'll agree with that plan. Tomas V.V.Cox