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

Hello Michael, On 02-Mar-00 22:05:27, you wrote: >> >> > CVS? Why? AFAIK CPAN does not require contributors to put their code >> >> > under a CPAN managed CVS repository and I don't see a reason to have >> >> > one. >> >> >> >> So when stuff breaks you have a chance of figuring out why it broke. >> >> Just because CPAN doesn't do it doesn't mean it isn't a good idea >> >> to do. >> >> PHP wouldn't be with us today without CVS. I don't see how PEAR >> >> modules would not get the same benefit. >> >> >We should definitely offer CVS services to PEAR authors who want it, and >> >make this the default option, but they should have the option not to. >> >PEAR packages will have different release cycles than PHP, and we should >> >not add more dependencies between them than is necessary. >> >> Ah, that's better, because what Rasmus has been saying is that PEAR >> packages would be forced into being Open Source to be accepted. >> >Huh? What is the big problem? PEAR (from what I understand) is just a central You have to loose control of your developments by making them Open Source to have your code accepted. >place to get code or packages that has certain guidelines for submission. It >should be the official repository for PHP code samples or packages. I don't >see how this really affects your site or others'. Perl has CPAN, but it >doesn't mean that there aren't hundreds of Perl example sites and sites that >offer Perl help. I don't think that packages submitted to PEAR necessarily >have to be Open Source, they just need to be free to distribute. If Metabase Rasmus and Stig made clear that packages need to be made Open Source to be accepted. >is in PEAR and you say it can be distributed freely, that is not necessarily >saying no Metabase has to be developed on a CVS on pear.php.net and it is >OpenSource. Rasmus and Stig want to push the idea that packages to be accepted in the main PEAR repository have to be made Open Source and the source control will be put under they CVS repository, not the original authors repository if it exists. I don't want this for my packages. This way I won't contribute at least with important packages for my work like Metabase. Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --