Re: [PHP4BETA] php and MS SQL Server....

> > Although, I didn't mean to develop Metabase to be integrated in a > officially sanctioned PHP code repository, I thought the intention of Stig > to avoid duplicate work on a common database abstraction layer package was > great. But now it seems that he didn't mean to use my package anyway. How do you know he didn't look at it and used a lot of your concepts, or perhaps looked at it and just didn't agree with the approach? The fact that he approached you and asked you about it and even looked at the code shows that your stuff was definitely not ignored in this process. Stig is a bright and busy guy. He would do anything to make his task easier. He doesn't need the personal glory, nor is he out to screw you personally. > I just hoped that if PEAR is not going to be a open repository like CPAN > where anybody can upload their code to avoid others unnecessarily > duplicating efforts, they stop announcing that it will be that way. CPAN enforces some restrictions regarding naming, and packages that really suck get removed. This is very similar to what PEAR is going to be. There will be some quality control and we will enforce unique naming to cut down on confusion. This is good for the end user and doesn't restrict people from contributing unless their stuff is deemed to not work or be badly named. I think you are going out of your way to look for problems. -Rasmus