On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Christoph Dorn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There is actually a PHP53 only implementation which i think the PEAR group >> is moving towards, and its pretty much in line with what you are describing. > > I need a < 5.3 version as I don't think 5.3 will be widely used for a while. > >> Its called SimpleChannelServer and is being worked on by brett bieber of >> pear (aka Saltybeagle) >> http://saltybeagle.com/?section=article&id=124 > > Hmm. Maybe I can port it to PHP 5.2
I'd welcome this effort. :-) If you need help, let me know. >> I think its prob best that PHP core & infrastruture components be handled >> by them, but we need to see what their roadmap looks like. > > I agree, but in the past there has never been a solid channel server and I > think I read somewhere that SimpleChannelServer will be the only one > provided going forward. > > The channel server can be used for a lot more than just distributing PEAR > packages. Maybe we can abstract it and provide a framework to build a > package distribution systems. This is going to fit well with a project I am > working on and I could lead this effort. > > Do you know Brett? Do you think we can have a discussion with him about this > so we can decide on a go-forward. I don't want to duplicate any effort. I've CC'ed Brett an this email. I'm sure he's all open to feedback and so on. Till
