There is a very important footnote I'd like to add to all of Ralph's good work. While the focus of 1.8 will be RAD tools which provide much of the functionality that most people consider criteria for a 'framework' nowadays, we are hardly abandoning our use-at-will and component-library-like architecture. In fact, we intend to show how a project can function both as a component library and a framework without compromising on either aspects. The very components that implement the RAD tooling (Zend_Tool and Zend_Application, so far) will be use-at-will themselves. These simultaneous 'component library' and 'framework' aspects will form a duality in the ZF project going forward and all design decisions should accommodate both. That said, for most of you this is not an important point. After all, if ZF works well for you, who cares what we call it? :)
,Wil -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Schindler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:08 AM To: Zend Framework Subject: [fw-general] ZF Pear channel / Zend_Tool installation Hi all! I have setup a PEAR channel for ZF packages. Consider this the "beta" and "semi-official" channel while we work out the kinks. I have more of an announcement, details and reasoning located here: http://ralphschindler.com/2009/01/07/the-semi-official-zend-framework-pe ar-c hannel The channel is located at http://pear.zfcampus.org Give it a whirl and let me know what you think. I plan on spinning out some new devel packages as I introduce (or reintroduce) some new features into the Zend_Tool component, and as the Zend_Application proposal takes shape. Cheers! Ralph -- Ralph Schindler Software Engineer | [email protected] Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
