Design Use Cases

• bug tracking
  • submit a new bug
  • follow up on a bug via email
  • check for existing bugs
• development assistance
  • what is pear
  • how/why to use pear
  • getting documentation
    • docbook manuals
    • api documentation
  • submitting patches / cvs / svn howto
  • getting support
    • mailing list info
    • irc info
• project hosting
  • check if a package exists
  • make a release
  • maintainance
  • check download statistics
• project proposals
  • checking for existing proposals
  • proposing new packages
  • voting
• elections
• developer network
  • contact developers about a package
  • ranking
  • bug statistics
• news
  • upcoming conferences
  • successful users
  • major pear releases
  • package releases
  • coding standards changes