Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:17 UTC
One of the biggest discussions on the pear-dev mailing list right now is that of the HTML::Template_Savant proposal. Lots of people like it, others still want to do away with template engines in PEAR altogether. I won’t go into all the details about what Savant is (you can figure that out for yourself), but I will say that this discussion is reshaping the way we think of HTML templating engines in PEAR—for the better, IMO.
For example, in the Play nice! thread on the pear-dev mailing list, the idea was suggested (by Greg Beaver) that PEAR use this opportunity of discussion and voting to create a “common template interface to some existing template engines.” What a great idea! Later on in the thread, Greg goes on to describe how the Template classes could be split up to allow for multiple types of engines under one unifying structure.
I think that PEAR is moving in the right direction with this discussion, and I’m looking forward to seeing the changes ahead.
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Wed, 19 May 2004 15:53 UTC
Aaron Wormus has created an “unofficial” PEAR and PECL Weblog titled “Of Pears and Pickles” that tracks news and updates in and about PEAR and PECL. It’s a very useful and informative site, and I’ve bookmarked it and set it up in my Firefox RSS feeds. Good job, Aaron!
On another note about PEAR, I’ve been spending a lot of time working with and learning about PEAR. It’s a great community with a vast repository of PHP classes that is constantly growing with each new proposal (Aaron also notes on his Weblog when proposals have been accepted).
Check out the PHP Extension and Application Repository.
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Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:43 UTC
I’m working on a personal project that I will eventually release under the GNU General Public License (GPL) in order to benefit the community. I would tell you the details of the project, but, since it’s another content management system programmed with PHP, you’d probably ask why we need another one like you need a hole in your head. So, let me humor myself and build it.
In this new project, I’m using the GPL, but I also want to use some of the PEAR packages, which are licensed under the PHP license. Therein lies the problem.
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Tags: gnu, gpl, mysql, pear, php
