I would prefer not to use PEAR. Seems like a silver bullet solution to me... I have an anal-retentive need to know exactly what is going on in my projects.
Doesn't mean that PEAR doesn't work for the rest of you, but I would like to continue to download it, unpack it and move it myself. On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:01:05 -0800, "Wil Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, I'm a bit ignorant since I'm a relative PHP newbie, but let me > turn that question around- why would a PEAR channel be a good way to > distribute ZF? That is, considering the current ZF installation is > basically download, decompress, and update include path, what does PEAR > bring to the table that I'm missing? > > > > ,Wil > > > > From: Bryce Lohr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [fw-general] ZF Packaging > > > > I second the request for PEAR channel. Is there any reason why that would > not be a good way to distribute the framework? > > Regards, > Bryce Lohr > > > Pádraic Brady wrote: > > Hi Will, > > It sounds good - an optional lean package would frighten off far less > prospective users who have heard tales about HDD's dying from the strain of > downloading the ZF ;). > I would still like to see a PEAR channel emerge at some point though - > that may be a fanciful concept but I gather from the last paragraph > something along those lines is under consideration? > Hope someone comes up with colourful names for these variants! > > Best regards, > Paddy > > > > Pádraic Brady > > http://blog.astrumfutura.com > http://www.patternsforphp.com > OpenID Europe Foundation <http://www.openideurope.eu/> > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Wil Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:36:39 PM > Subject: [fw-general] ZF Packaging > > As part of the 1.5 release process, we've been reviewing the size of our > distribution package and what contributes the most weight. We've > determined that there are a few 'heavyweights' that we currently have in > the zips/tarballs that many- if not most- users will never need. These > include the unit tests, the demos, and the locale files (currently > consuming ~8MB uncompressed on my hdd :O). With these components, the > 1.0.3 release is ~5.3MB compressed on my hdd. We would like to > distribute, starting with the 1.5 RC1, a 'lean and mean' ZF package > alongside the 'everything' package. The 'lean and mean' package would > not contain the tests, demos, locale files, or extras. 'Everything' > would include, well, everything- even docs in html format. To facilitate > access to the omissions from the 'lean and mean' release, we would > provide a download action for the CLI tool so they can be retrieved and > installed in the correct place with a single command. > Thomas can give more details about how the locale-aware components would > behave in this proposal. > Thoughts? > > Thanks. > ,Wil > > > > >
