Re: Status of Net_FTP

Hi On 11/12/07, Jorrit Schippers <jorrit@ncode.nl> wrote: > > Hello, > > Most bugfixes already have patches associated with them and are quite > small > as well. For the larger fixes I'll develop a fix this week hopefully. Great :D I do not want to get involved too much right away as I can't guarantee that > I have enough time. It's just that I (and others of course) need these > issues to be resolved. Besides that, I prefer not to code for PHP 4 > anymore > and Net_FTP2 seems to be PHP 4 and 5. Is there some page stating the goal > of > Net_FTP2 over Net_FTP? No problem, I thought v2 was a PHP 5 only, I guess it's more OOP or something, lets see if Toby won't answer and tell us what the diff really is :P - Helgi So my primary goal is to reduce the bug list for Net_FTP. > > Jorrit > > ""Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson"" <helgith@gmail.com> schreef in > bericht > > news:12b792160711120517m783728cclde205b97247f1cf8@mail.gmail.com... > > Hi Jorrit, > > > > Last time I knew Toby has withdrawn him self from all PEAR activities > and > > thus this package needs a new maintainer. > > > > I like what you have suggested as to maintaining the current release > > cycle, > > can you perhaps show us your code quality by adding patches to bugs > you've > > fixed and post the links here ? > > > > And if you take over Net_FTP would you be willing to work on Net_FTP2 ? > > > > As to talking to developers and such, pear-dev@lists.php.net would be > the > > place and I can assure you, people there will help you, we also have the > > irc > > channel #pear on EFnet if you want a more interactive discussion (not > > granted that people are online all the time) > > > > Regards > > Helgi > > > > On 11/11/07, Jorrit Schippers - nCode <jorrit@ncode.nl> wrote: > >> > >> Hello all, > >> > >> My development is blocked by an old bug in Net_FTP (#7270) which has > been > >> open and uncommented for so long that it will turn two (years) next > year > >> and > >> be able to walk and talk for itself. I see that the lead and only > >> maintainer > >> is part of the QA team, but I think this package is orphaned without > >> notification, as Net_FTP2 is far from finished. > >> > >> What I propose is that the small bugs (for which in a couple of cases > >> patches have been submitted) are fixed in 1.3.3 and that 1.4.0 will > >> contain > >> more extensive changes, with the major change being an improvement in > the > >> directory listing parsing (for instance by exposing methods to the user > >> for > >> setting the OS or the pattern manually) > >> > >> Through this way i would like to request contact with the developers > and > >> development community and negotiate about continuing the development. I > >> am > >> also willing to do some work myself, but I need guidance for that. > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> > >> Jorrit Schippers, nCode > >> > >> -- > >> PEAR QA Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > -- > PEAR QA Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >