Re: [fw-general] ZF Packaging

[Bryce Lohr]

Having a PEAR channel would seem to me (from an end-user perspective) better than having to learn an additional CLI tool that essentially does the same thing PEAR already does: put some PHP code on my system. As Paddy mentioned in another post, PEAR has quite a bit of functionality. Many PHP developers are already familiar with it. What would a ZF-specific tool need to do that PEAR could not do already? If there's some specific requirement that PEAR can't meet, then that seems like a good reason to consider a custom tool. Also, none of this should preclude keeping the existing tarball/zip download. Best regards, Bryce Lohr Wil Sinclair 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: fw-general@lists.zend.com 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   ----- Original Message ---- From: Wil Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: fw-general@lists.zend.com 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