Re: suggestion

> hi all, > > Given that php.pear.net is in need of some tools, and given also that I'm > going to start building binarycloud.com soon, I'd like to suggest something: > > -Use binarycloud to build pear.php.net > -Create a couple applications that _both_ projects will need, in > such a way that both binarycloud.com and pear.php.net can make use of them. > (a bug tracker, file repository, search tools, etc) > > on pear, the file tracker would be used for libraries - on binarycloud.com > it would be used for applications. > > Using binarycloud to support the build process for php.pear.net will > certainly speed it up a _great_deal_, which will allow more authors to start > contributing to PEAR. > > It will also give people a chance to get familiar with the binarycloud > codeset, and from that we can see how best to merge the error handling and > database abstraction layers. > > I'm _very_ excited to see the number of standard, well documented libraries > in PEAR grow. I'm just as excited to see the number of applications that use > binarycloud grow :) ! > The problem really with getting the pear web site out is that I think it should have a strong integration with the new php web site. meaning, it should tap into the user authentication (if there is any), tracking, design, etc. ie, it should be an integrated component of the new php website (i don't currently know what the status of the new site is). As far as pear.php.net, there is already a database scheme layed out, as well as the format for the pear documentation (and I have a temporary XSL stylesheet lying around somewhere, which can change the XML into HTML quite nicely)... What is really need for the pear website is db abstraction, for which, pear has a strong DB layer, which supports (the database of choice :) MySQL, the only other logic it needs to use (besides what's distributed with PHP itself) is a templating engine, I've already got a basic one I've been messing around with (akin to EasyTemplate), I haven't yet got a chance to look at IntegratedTemplate yet (in the pear distribution)... -Sterling