Re: Genealogy_Gedcom Development

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Ed Thompson <ed4becky@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been looking into the code for Genealogy_Gedcom and the 3 (?) open > bugs, one of which I reported. I have rewritten the code to change how the > tree is that is parsed is created and navigated and enhanced it to address > the current open bugs. > In the process I am updating it in support of GEDCOM 5.5 standard, which > makes some of the functionality obsolete. > Are you all interested in this code as a contributed upgrade to the > Genealogy_Gedcom package or should I just keep it for myself? > > Patches are certainly welcome. > If you are interested, does it still need to support pre GEDCOM5.5? Can it > be upgraded to PHP 5, removing deprecated practices? > > Unfortunately, this package has hit 'stable', so must retain PHP4 compatibility. This makes it tricky to remove all of the deprecated bits and pieces, and means you can't use a lot of PHP5's goodness. > If you are interested in my contribution, I will need some guidance,, this > may be a 2.0, which if I read the PEAR doc right means a separate package? > > That's one option - the process to go through is known as PEPR ( http://pear.php.net/pepr/). Basically, you set up a package and we pick on design elements. Things we look for tend to be coding style, unit test coverage, avoiding statics, global state, etc. It can be a bit daunting and disheartening, but it's well worth it. I'll do you a deal - have a chat to me via irc (irc.efnet.org #pear clockwerx) or any of the others there; and I'll get off my behind at look at some of the bug reports to try and get something sorted.