I seems as though Harry Fuecks has stumbled upon something very interesting in the PEAR site and project - a process to make the voting and inclusion of new libraries in PEAR a much simpler process.

The current process involves submitting first a proposal for the package you want to PEAR Mailing List, then assuming you get some positive feedback, submitting a "Call for Votes" (described here) for which you need +5 (one person / one vote). The process works kind of, but depends on random factors like who was reading the mailing lists at the time, and can become a little chaotic the moment someone goes off-topic. Often frustrating for all involved in fact.

Thanks to Tobias, there's now a system to handle proposals: http://preview.pear.php.net/package-proposals.php. The example Net_SMS Call for Votes should make it clearer. For more on the new proposal system the discussion is at: http://preview.pear.php.net/package-proposal-show.php?id=4.

This is definitely a step in the right direction - and just might lead the way to the fabled PEAR2 to come around...