Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-19 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Thu, 2019-09-19 at 13:06 +0100, Dan Ackroyd wrote: > Johannes wrote: > > I think we should clarify what PECL actually is. > > Without such a tool the need for a central distribution > > site goes away > > I think there is still a large amount of value in PECL being 'merely' > a distribution cha

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-19 Thread Dan Ackroyd
Johannes wrote: > I think we should clarify what PECL actually is. > Without such a tool the need for a central distribution > site goes away I think there is still a large amount of value in PECL being 'merely' a distribution channel. My understanding is that downstream maintainers find it far ea

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-18 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On September 18, 2019 3:32:38 PM GMT+02:00, "Christoph M. Becker" wrote: >On 18.09.2019 at 15:22, Johannes Schlüter wrote: > >> The Windows builds are also a relevant factor in the discussions >> regarding the PECL site. Afaik (Anatoliy and others know better than >> me) packages uploaded to t

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-18 Thread Christoph M. Becker
On 18.09.2019 at 15:22, Johannes Schlüter wrote: > The Windows builds are also a relevant factor in the discussions > regarding the PECL site. Afaik (Anatoliy and others know better than > me) packages uploaded to the pecl site are being built in the same > setup as our official PHP runtime Window

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-18 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Mon, 2019-09-16 at 11:13 +0200, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > > For the record, there is already > , but that project looks like > it has fallen asleep. > Right and contrary to the old PECL/PEAR tool this can also fetch the precompiled Windows binaries

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-16 Thread Christoph M. Becker
On 16.09.2019 at 10:30, Arnold Daniels wrote: > As an alternative, maybe we can create a new channel which works more like > [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/). For now, it could still work with > the `pecl` cli. > > For community acceptance, it would be good if the channel was configured b

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-16 Thread Arnold Daniels
As an alternative, maybe we can create a new channel which works more like [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/). For now, it could still work with the `pecl` cli. For community acceptance, it would be good if the channel was configured by default, similar to pecl.php.net. Where packagist on

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-15 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Sun, 2019-09-15 at 18:11 +0100, Dan Ackroyd wrote: > HI internals, > > Currently, it is quite difficult to signup to get a PECL account. > > We have a somewhat deliberately obtuse form to signup through, which > then needs to be manually approved by someone with the appropriate > karma. I thi

Re: [PHP-DEV] Changing PECL signup flow.

2019-09-15 Thread Thomas Hruska
On 9/15/2019 10:11 AM, Dan Ackroyd wrote: HI internals, Currently, it is quite difficult to signup to get a PECL account. We have a somewhat deliberately obtuse form to signup through, which then needs to be manually approved by someone with the appropriate karma. Over the past year two people