packages that need love ..

If the current open bugs about 1 forth of all PEAR bugs fall on 4 packages. Just the open (not counting assigned, verified etc) the numbers are as follows: Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer: 43 SOAP: 21 Auth: 18 Mail_Mime: 16 While some of these are feature requests most are marked as bugs. Obviously I do not know how many duplicate/bogus reports are in there (especially for Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer). Also SOAP development is understandably more or less halted (though Jan did commit to it back in Juli). As for Auth we really need a new release, that also fixes the BC issues in the last beta. Finally Mail_Mime seems to have quite a number of developers, but the last work was in June. Eitherway these seem like perfect candidates for a note on their website about their status and a request for assistance. regards, Lukas