Posted on November 16, 2005 - 5 Comments

PEAR::Math_Numerical_RootFinding Yet Another Lead Needed

Since a latest release version 0.3.0 of Math_Numerical_RootFinding, I am now currently brain dead about the future of it, have no idea anymore what should be done. I did some research about another methods to find the possibilities to add new features, but no results. I’m worry if Arnaud marked it as unmaintained package :D

So I’m looking for another lead to bring this package to be more usefull, if you interested on this package, please don’t hesitate to contact me anytime.

I’m waiting for you!

 

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5 Comments

  • Hehe, *evil grin*

  • I’m worried about the ‘looking for the possibility to add new features’ statement. It seems that many projects, frameworks (even PEAR), classes are driven by ‘let’s see what futures we might add’ instead of ‘let’s see what futures we actually need’.

    If your class is stable, does what it is supposed to do, and everybody using it is happy, then move on to something new, something fresh. Don’t add stuff ‘just because you can’. This will only bloat your software.

  • You’re abosutely right Ivon, I’m still searching for new ideas. Thanks for your suggests.

  • That is why I tend to mark as unmaintained packages that have opened bugs. A stable class that works doesn’t need much else. To the extend that PHP5 is now really coming so some classes will need some work or a complete overhaul to leverage PHP5 features.

  • Got it Arnaud! It’s clearly now. This package is stable enough, I just still searching for possibilities to add some new root finding methods, no bugs listed. Maybe I should try to migrate this package codes to PHP5. Thanks a lot Arnaud, I’m so glad that you are be a PEAR QA guy.

 
 

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