PEAR is dead? [message #183819] |
Thu, 21 November 2013 21:15  |
Mladen Gogala
Messages: 13 Registered: December 2010
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The existing PEAR packages are still mostly written using PHP 4 and the
new releases just aren't there. Some packages need to be run with the
notification for deprecated features turned off. I use some of their
package for convenience (HTML_Form, HTML_Table, Image_GraphViz and
Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer) but there are no new releases, no updates,
nothing. The same applies to other packages that I sometimes use
(Console_Getopt, Date, Log). Does anyone have more info about PEAR? Is
the project that was lambasted as PHP CPAN really going belly up? Having
such a repository would be more than useful, in my opinion it was a
mistake to standardize error handling and all those things that are in
the PEAR package.
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Mladen Gogala
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http://mgogala.byethost5.com
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Re: PEAR is dead? [message #183823 is a reply to message #183819] |
Thu, 21 November 2013 21:54   |
Christoph Michael Bec
Messages: 207 Registered: June 2013
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Mladen Gogala wrote:
> The existing PEAR packages are still mostly written using PHP 4 and the
> new releases just aren't there. Some packages need to be run with the
> notification for deprecated features turned off. I use some of their
> package for convenience (HTML_Form, HTML_Table, Image_GraphViz and
> Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer) but there are no new releases, no updates,
> nothing. The same applies to other packages that I sometimes use
> (Console_Getopt, Date, Log). Does anyone have more info about PEAR? Is
> the project that was lambasted as PHP CPAN really going belly up? Having
> such a repository would be more than useful, in my opinion it was a
> mistake to standardize error handling and all those things that are in
> the PEAR package.
I cannot comment on the general state of PEAR as I'm using only a few of
its packages, but you may have a look at the website of the packages
you're using. E.g. HTML_Form[1] has been superseded by
HTML_QuickForm2[2], which seems to be still maintained. And that what
it's all about: as long as there are maintainers for the packages, PEAR
is not dead. I believe that every helping hand is welcome as usual for
OSS. ;)
[1] <http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Form>
[2] <http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm2>
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Re: PEAR is dead? [message #183828 is a reply to message #183824] |
Thu, 21 November 2013 22:38   |
The Natural Philosoph
Messages: 993 Registered: September 2010
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On 21/11/13 21:54, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Mladen Gogala wrote:
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>> The existing PEAR packages are still mostly written using PHP 4 and the
>> new releases just aren't there. Some packages need to be run with the
>> notification for deprecated features turned off. I use some of their
>> package for convenience (HTML_Form, HTML_Table, Image_GraphViz and
>> Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer) but there are no new releases, no updates,
>> nothing.
>
> That does not ap-PEAR to be correct.
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>> The same applies to other packages that I sometimes use (Console_Getopt,
>> Date, Log). Does anyone have more info about PEAR? Is
>> the project that was lambasted as PHP CPAN really going belly up? […]
>
> Have you visited the PEAR site lately? If no, why not? If yes, why are you
> still asking?
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> PointedEars
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perhaps its just gone PEAR shaped?
....I'll get my coat...
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rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.
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Re: PEAR is dead? [message #183868 is a reply to message #183866] |
Fri, 22 November 2013 23:01  |
Thomas 'PointedEars'
Messages: 701 Registered: October 2010
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Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Pointed"<Q>Oh, you'd like me to connect the dots for you, lead you from A
>> to B to C, so that your puny mind could comprehend? How boring.</Q>"Ears
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> "The only noble desire is the desire to serve others." -- Surak :)
Non-canon ;-)
F'up2 poster
PointedEars
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realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
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madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
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