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[Daniel Convissor]

Hi Kenneth:

On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 02:49:35PM -0400, Kenneth Downs wrote:
> An ideal would be to be able to distribute packages to
> any PHP user via the common PEAR repository (instead of another server,
> mine, that they'd have to go looking for) without having to buy into the
> entire PEAR philosophy of life.

Your desire above conflicts with Cliff's desire below:

On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 03:47:53PM -0400, Cliff Hirsch wrote:
> I'm not claiming to be a communist that thrives on lack of choice, but I
> actually find this abundance of frameworks to be one of the "problems"
> with PHP.

This line of reasoning is why the PEAR repository isn't open to every 
submission.  The goal is to have one pacakge for a given task and does 
that task really well.  Of course, that's a goal and isn't always 
achieved. :)

--Dan

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