Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] End PEAR Project Endorsement

On 07/09/2026 20:24, Nick Sdot wrote:
>
> Got news. The tl;dr is that Chuck Burgess from PEAR got in touch with 
> me (and also Elizabeth from the foundation). He did let me know that 
> he is good with looking at sunsetting the website and removing PEAR 
> from PHP source. 


That's great that someone finally got in touch. Does he have access to 
provide a database dump, so we can fill in the missing bug data?


> This is great, because A) everyone involved agrees on the goal and B) 
> this makes the vote a formality.

Unless you know something I don't, Chuck's agreement is just one vote, 
not any kind of final authority. He is listed at 
https://pear.php.net/group/ as one of eight members of "the PEAR Group", 
so in theory the other seven could decide they want to continue the 
project. In fact, the Group was supposed to be re-elected annually, so 
even their collective authority is shaky if anyone really wanted to 
replace them.

In practice, he's the only person involved who anyone has managed to 
track down, and even that took several months, so I think we're safe to 
say nobody's that interested.


In other news, I noticed the mirror you created didn't yet have much 
styling, so I've put together a quick PR copying in the colours and 
basic styles from the existing site, plus an idea I had for a "locked 
PEAR" logo: https://github.com/NickSdot/pear/pull/1

Thanks again,

-- 
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]