[PHP] Re: Editing PEAR packages

2009-07-05 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Waynn Lue wrote: > Yeah, that's why I was hoping to maintain a separate install, since it > would be easier to diff the patches. > > Shawn: Thanks for the suggestion to extend, I only wanted to make > small changes to an existing function though, so it's harder to do it > that way. My other though

[PHP] Re: Editing PEAR packages

2009-07-05 Thread Greg Beaver
Waynn Lue wrote: > Yeah, that's why I was hoping to maintain a separate install, since it > would be easier to diff the patches. > > Shawn: Thanks for the suggestion to extend, I only wanted to make > small changes to an existing function though, so it's harder to do it > that way. My other thought

[PHP] Re: Editing PEAR packages

2009-07-05 Thread Waynn Lue
Yeah, that's why I was hoping to maintain a separate install, since it would be easier to diff the patches. Shawn: Thanks for the suggestion to extend, I only wanted to make small changes to an existing function though, so it's harder to do it that way. My other thought was to refactor the underly

[PHP] Re: Editing PEAR packages

2009-07-05 Thread Greg Beaver
Waynn Lue wrote: > I wanted to makes some local edits to a PEAR package that I downloaded in > order to build some custom functionality into it. What's the best way to > manage this process to ensure that I don't accidentally blow away any > changes if I update the package? Should I just copy the

[PHP] Re: Editing PEAR packages

2009-07-05 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Waynn Lue wrote: > I wanted to makes some local edits to a PEAR package that I downloaded in > order to build some custom functionality into it. What's the best way to > manage this process to ensure that I don't accidentally blow away any > changes if I update the package? Should I just copy the