Re: Is XML_RPC2 Maintained?

Hi, I'd swear I sent an email to pear-qa, but knowing myself I may have slipped past it. Sorry. I've accepted Alan as developer for the package. He has quite a few good ideas on modularizing the backends. As usual, after I know I can trust Alan's code, the move to lead is natural. Kind regards, On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 20:45 +0100, Arnaud Limbourg wrote: > Mm, I didn't see any mail, did I miss that ? If so, sorry ! > > I put you back to developer then. > > Arnaud. > > Alan Langford wrote: > > Woah... Sergio is still active, it's his baby! In fact I'm the one who's > > behind, I owe him a patch but real life has been interfering heavily > > with my plans (darn those pesky customers). I really don't want to tick > > him off, so developer status is probably more appropriate. > > > > On 2006 11 21 14:10, Arnaud Limbourg wrote: > >> Hi alan, > >> > >> A bit late but I just made you lead of RPC2. > >> > >> You can write to pear-group to request karma. > >> > >> Sorry for the delay, > >> > >> Arnaud. > >> > >> Arnaud Limbourg wrote: > >>> Alan Langford wrote: > >>>> This package has been Alpha since March; there are some minor open > >>>> bugs, > >>>> including some patches (some of them not so good); and some fairly > >>>> serious ones. In particular there is "XML_RPC2 CVS directory structure > >>>> doesn't respect the PEAR standard", which seems to have been > >>>> submitted > >>>> by one of the listed maintainers -- late last year. > >>>> > >>>> I have been working on extending the package to support additional > >>>> backends and I have discovered that the current version doesn't pass > >>>> its > >>>> own QA tests. > >>>> > >>>> There are also some TODO's that are awaiting improved stability from > >>>> simplexml, and my guess is that in the last seven months some of these > >>>> issues have been addressed. Fixing these issues will improve > >>>> performance. > >>>> > >>>> I can submit a patch to fix the minor issues, but I'm not sure if > >>>> anyone > >>>> will be listening. My planned extensions are more extensive and > >>>> although > >>>> they don't break BC, I'm sure anyone responsible for the package > >>>> will > >>>> have something to say about them. > >>>> > >>>> I'm willing to adopt this package if nobody is maintaining it. I have a > >>>> PEAR account but I don't think it's got CVS karma. > >>> > >>> Let's see what Sergio says. With no answer in the next week I'll name > >>> you lead and request karma. > >>> > >>> Arnaud. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > -- -- Sérgio Carvalho