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If you
want to become the new lead maintainer of a package that is marked
as unmaintained on the PECL website, the following section will explain to you
the necessary steps for this to happen.
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The first thing is to inform the PECL Developers
mailing list about your intention. If you have not been
involved in PECL previously, it is a good idea to write a few
words about you and your motivations.
Providing patches and tests may also help
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The PECL admins will then state whether you can take over the
package or not along with an explanation of the decision. You can
then apply for an account for the PECL website
unless you already have one. The PECL admins will have to grant
your account request and afterwards they will assign you as
the new lead maintainer for the package.
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If the sources of the package are kept in the PHP git repository,
you will also need an account for this. You can sign up for it
on the PHP website. Please mention in the purpose field of the
request form that the PECL admins have told you to get an account,
so that your request can be processed faster. git accounts are
managed by the PHP Group, so PECL unfortunately has only limited
influence on this proces
Note: If you already have a git account for git.php.net, it is only necessary for you to get
additional "karma" for the module where
the package resides. You can request this karma by sending an email
to the PECL
Developers list or simply tell us your account name during the
request phase.
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If everything has worked out well, you should by now be the lead
maintainer of the previously unmaintained package. If not, don't
hesitate to ask the people on the PECL Developers mailing list
for help.
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