From 20beb7f226ce2438d50fc8220b7701e0192dd33e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Titcumb <james@asgrim.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:02:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Disable new packages from being created on PECL website

---
 public_html/package-new.php     | 62 +--------------------------
 templates/pages/package_new.php | 75 +--------------------------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public_html/package-new.php b/public_html/package-new.php
index ee0d7b7a..61e7cfd6 100644
--- a/public_html/package-new.php
+++ b/public_html/package-new.php
@@ -26,64 +26,4 @@ require_once __DIR__.'/../include/pear-prepend.php';
 
 $container->get(Auth::class)->secure();
 
-$errors = [];
-$jumpTo = 'name';
-
-if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
-    $required = [
-        'name' => 'Please enter the package name.',
-        'license' => 'Please choose a license type.',
-        'category' => 'Please choose a category.',
-        'summary' => 'Please enter the one-liner description.',
-        'desc' => 'Please enter the full description.',
-    ];
-
-    foreach ($required as $field => $desc) {
-        if (empty($_POST[$field])) {
-            $errors[] = $desc;
-            $jumpTo = $field;
-        }
-    }
-
-    $_POST['license'] = trim($_POST['license']);
-
-    if (
-        !strcasecmp($_POST['license'], 'GPL')
-        || !strcasecmp($_POST['license'], 'LGPL')
-    ) {
-        $errors[] = 'Illegal license type. PECL packages CANNOT be GPL/LGPL licensed and thus MUST NOT be linked to GPL code. Talk to pecl-dev@lists.php.net for more information.';
-        $jumpTo = 'license';
-    }
-
-    if (!preg_match($container->get('valid_extension_name_regex'), $_POST['name'])) {
-        $errors[] = 'Invalid package name. PECL package names must start with a letter and preferably include only lowercase letters. Optionally, numbers and underscores are also allowed.';
-    }
-
-    if ($container->get(PackageRepository::class)->findOneByName($_POST['name'])) {
-        $errors[] = 'The '.$_POST['name'].' package already exists!';
-    }
-
-    if (0 === count($errors)) {
-        try {
-            $pkg = $packageEntity->add([
-                'name'        => $_POST['name'],
-                'type'        => 'pecl',
-                'category'    => $_POST['category'],
-                'license'     => $_POST['license'],
-                'summary'     => $_POST['summary'],
-                'description' => $_POST['desc'],
-                'homepage'    => $_POST['homepage'],
-                'cvs_link'    => $_POST['cvs_link'],
-                'lead'        => $auth_user->handle
-            ]);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            $errors[] = 'Error occurred.';
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-echo $template->render('pages/package_new.php', [
-    'categories' => $container->get(CategoryRepository::class)->findAll(),
-    'jumpTo' => $jumpTo,
-    'errors' => $errors,
-]);
+echo $template->render('pages/package_new.php', []);
diff --git a/templates/pages/package_new.php b/templates/pages/package_new.php
index f947052a..e2f0e081 100644
--- a/templates/pages/package_new.php
+++ b/templates/pages/package_new.php
@@ -2,83 +2,12 @@
 
 <?php $this->start('content') ?>
 
-<?php if (!isset($_POST['submit']) || 0 < count($errors)): ?>
     <h1>New package</h1>
 
     <?php $this->insert('includes/pie.php'); ?>
 
-    <p>Use this form to register a new PECL package.</p>
+    <p>PECL has been deprecated. <strong>No new packages will be accepted onto PECL</strong>.</p>
 
-    <p><b>Before proceeding</b>, make sure you pick the right name for your
-    package. This is usually done through <i>community consensus</i>, which
-    means posting a suggestion to the
-    <a href="mailto:pecl-dev@lists.php.net">pecl-dev@lists.php.net</a> mailing
-    list and have people agree with you.
-    </p>
-
-    <?php if (0 < count($errors)): ?>
-        <?php foreach ($errors as $error): ?>
-            <div style="color:#cc0000; font-weight: bold;"><?= $this->e($error) ?></div>
-        <?php endforeach ?>
-    <?php endif; ?>
-
-    <form method="post" action="<?= $this->e($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) ?>" class="pecl-form">
-        <h2>Register a new PECL package</h2>
-
-        <div>
-            <label for="name">Package name <abbr title="required">*</abbr></label>
-            <input type="text" name="name" value="<?= $this->noHtml((isset($_POST['name']) ? $_POST['name'] : '')) ?>" size="20" maxlength="80" required>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label for="license">License <abbr title="required">*</abbr></label>
-            <input type="text" name="license" value="<?= $this->noHtml((isset($_POST['license']) ? $_POST['license'] : '')) ?>" size="20" maxlength="50" required>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label>Category <abbr title="required">*</abbr></label>
-            <select name="category" size="1" required>
-                <option value="">--Select category--</option>
-                <?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
-                    <option value="<?= $this->noHtml($category['id']) ?>">
-                        <?= $this->e($category['name']) ?>
-                    </option>
-                <?php endforeach; ?>
-            </select>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label>Summary <abbr title="required">*</abbr></label>
-            <input type="text" name="summary" value="<?= $this->e((isset($_POST['summary']) ? $_POST['summary'] : '')) ?>" size="60" placeholder="Enter a one-liner description" required>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label>Full description <abbr title="required">*</abbr></label>
-            <textarea name="desc" cols="60" rows="3" required><?= $this->e((isset($_POST['desc']) ? $_POST['desc'] : '')) ?></textarea>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label>Additional project homepage</label>
-            <input type="text" name="homepage" value="<?= $this->e((isset($_POST['homepage']) ? $_POST['homepage'] : '')) ?>" size="40" maxlength="255" placeholder="https://example.com">
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label>Browse source URL</label>
-            <input type="text" name="cvs_link" value="<?= $this->e((isset($_POST['cvs_link']) ? $_POST['cvs_link'] : '')) ?>" size="40" maxlength="255" placeholder="https://git.php.net/?p=pecl/php/operator.git">
-        </div>
-        <div>
-            <label>&nbsp;</label>
-            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit request">
-        </div>
-    </form>
-
-    <?php if (0 < count($errors) && $jumpTo): ?>
-    <script>
-        document.forms[1].<?= $this->noHtml($jumpTo) ?>.focus();
-    </script>
-    <?php endif ?>
-
-<?php else: ?>
-    <p>The package
-        <a href="/package/<?= $this->noHtml($_POST['name']) ?>">
-            <?= $this->noHtml($_POST['name']) ?>
-        </a>
-    has been registered in PECL.<br>
-    You have been assigned as lead developer.</p>
-<?php endif ?>
+    <p>Please follow the instructions to add your extension to the PIE ecosystem: <a href="https://github.com/php/pie/blob/main/docs/extension-maintainers.md">PIE for Extension Maintainers</a>.</p>
 
 <?php $this->end('content') ?>