Intro - + php-pecl packages

[Michael A. Peters]

Hi All,

Many moons ago I was a fedora packager (using [e-mail] - but
Apple started charging too much and taking away stuff, like webdav
support) but I am not a packager any more. Just don't have the time, nor
do I even use Fedora now (CentOS servers, Ubuntu desktop, got sick and
tired of frequent re-installs when Fedora supported lifetime shrank)

At any rate, currently development what I think is a novel CMS targeting
RHEL/CentOS platforms. RHEL 6 was a major plus because my CMS needs php
5.3.x and I thus do not need to replace system php for it to run.

There are however two pecl modules it uses that are not packaged or
maintained by either Fedora or EPEL -

php-pecl-bbcode (parses bbcode like syntax)
php-pecl-uploadprogress (allows php to signal javascript upload progress
bar)

I have spec files that have worked for me in CentOS 5 and now CentOS 6
but like I stated, I really have no interest in becoming a Fedora
packager to get them into Fedora and then EPEL.

Is there a particular packager I should contact who I can send my spec
files to who may be willing to maintain them and start the process of
getting them into Fedora so they can get into EPEL?

I would add it to the Fedora wish list myself, but unfortunately when 
going through the process of getting an account (which was a PITA - took 
several times before I got the letters right in the bot screener, I 
*HATE* those - bots can read them better than some people) it required a 
phone number for me to agree to the `Fedora Project Contributor 
Agreement' and I'm sorry, but I pay for every call and every text and do 
not like my phone number spread out across random databases no matter 
how secure they say they are, so I guess I can't agree to the agreement 
and thus can't add those to the wish list. (requiring phone number is 
dumb policy)

Thanks,

Michael A. Peters

[Remi Collet]

Le 05/10/2011 06:01, Michael A. Peters a écrit :
> There are however two pecl modules it uses that are not packaged or
> maintained by either Fedora or EPEL -
>
> php-pecl-bbcode (parses bbcode like syntax)
> php-pecl-uploadprogress (allows php to signal javascript upload progress
> bar)

I will have a look to this extensions.

But for uploadprogress, I'm used to work with APC which provides the
same function (but it's not a drop in replacement).

So there is some risk than the extensions conflicts when both installed

Remi.

[Michael A. Peters]

Remi Collet wrote:
> Le 05/10/2011 06:01, Michael A. Peters a écrit :
> > There are however two pecl modules it uses that are not packaged or
> > maintained by either Fedora or EPEL -
> >
> > php-pecl-bbcode (parses bbcode like syntax)
> > php-pecl-uploadprogress (allows php to signal javascript upload progress
> > bar)
>
> I will have a look to this extensions.
>
> But for uploadprogress, I'm used to work with APC which provides the
> same function (but it's not a drop in replacement).

Yes, I had forgotten that apc does the same thing.
Back when I started using uploadprogress, it was because APC had an 
issue with suhosin (resolved I believe) and it had a problem with the 
pear MDB2 package (which I don't think is resolved).

I'm using PDO now instead of MDB2 and I'm using APC for content caching. 
The uploadprogress module still works, it does not break with APC 
loaded, but I had forgotten APC does the same thing. So I won't need 
uploadprogress progress, I'll change my code to use APC.
> So there is some risk than the extensions conflicts when both installed
>
> Remi.

[Remi Collet]

Le 05/10/2011 07:04, Remi Collet a écrit :
> Le 05/10/2011 06:01, Michael A. Peters a écrit :
> > php-pecl-bbcode (parses bbcode like syntax)
>
> I will have a look to this extensions.

What an awfull upstream... :(

- license is PHP
- upstream seems dead http://www.bmco.be/
- last stable version 1.0.2 from 2008
- last beta version 1.0.3b1 from 2010
- 1.0.3b1 reports as 1.1.0-dev
- 12 open bugs
- partial bundled library bbcode2 (BSD)
- partial bundled library bstring (BSD or GPLv2)

This will requires so much work...
Don't even know if it will be acceptable for fedora/EPEL repository...

Remi.

[Michael A. Peters]

Remi Collet wrote:
> Le 05/10/2011 07:04, Remi Collet a écrit :
> > Le 05/10/2011 06:01, Michael A. Peters a écrit :
> > > php-pecl-bbcode (parses bbcode like syntax)
> >
> > I will have a look to this extensions.
>
> What an awfull upstream... :(
> license is PHP
> upstream seems dead http://www.bmco.be/
> last stable version 1.0.2 from 2008
> last beta version 1.0.3b1 from 2010
> 1.0.3b1 reports as 1.1.0-dev
> 12 open bugs
> partial bundled library bbcode2 (BSD)
> partial bundled library bstring (BSD or GPLv2)
>
> This will requires so much work...
> Don't even know if it will be acceptable for fedora/EPEL repository...

Some of those bugs look like feature / support requests, but his blog 
hasn't been updated in awhile and his last tweet is from April, so he 
may be MIA. Too bad, it's a good parser, at least in my opinion.
> Remi.
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