<p>Does this adapter depend on a YAML extension or lib, such as Syck? If not, do you plan to parse a very specific subset of YAML or all YAML? Can we get a sample YAML file to see the format?<br />
Also, very small suggestion here: I think YAML files typically have an extension of .yml or .yaml. It might be clearer in your first use case if you used a YAML file extension.</p>

<p>No, it does not depend on a extention or lib.<br />
And it does not support all YAML because it is a derivat for usage of translation purposes.</p>

<p>It's meant for those who do not use ini files but instead yaml files.</p>

<p>The Zend core team has discussed this component, and feel that having YAML support for Zend_Translate does not make sense until a Zend_Yaml component is available; the first question users will ask when they see it available is, "Why is there a Zend_Translate_Yaml and no Zend_Yaml?"</p>

<p>We feel there are two options:</p>

<ul>
<li>Work with Padraic Brady to ensure that Zend_Translate_Yaml's syntax will be supported by Zend_Yaml.</li>
<li>If Padraic is unable to move Zend_Yaml forward, create Zend_Yaml with support for parsing the syntax subset necessary for Zend_Translate_Yaml; future development could then take care of any other portion of the syntax we wish to support.</li>
</ul>

<p>Once a decision regarding development of Zend_Yaml has been resolved (i.e., who will develop the funtionality, and its timeframe and scope), we would be ready to approve this component for incubator development.</p>

<p>I erased this proposal due to the fact that it must depend on Zend_Yaml and since 10 months there is no decision or work on it.</p>

<p>As the already existing and working code for this adapter has not been accepted I erased it.</p>

<p>I was reading across this proposal and I figured I should mention this since there seems to some sort of confusion of where Zend_Yaml is.</p>

<p>On the 15th November I received an email from an Alexander Veremyev stating the Zend_Yaml had been reviewed. He raised concerns over performance, and that Zend_Yaml would only support YAML 1.0 without a native PHP parser for YAML 1.1, esp. since the ext/syck only supports YAML 1.0. I replied with a counter argument for a lighter parser for a common subset of YAML on systems without ext/syck.</p>

<p>To date I have not heard back from Alexander.</p>

<p>On the 20th December, Eric Coleman inquired into the status of Zend_Yaml on the mailing lists. Wil Sinclair responded back that a team meeting to go over them hadn't yet been scheduled (makes me wonder who the review team for Alexander were...ahem...) and that if I were a "squeekier wheel" it might go through faster. I replied that the component had been reviewed (or so Alexander seemed to have said) and I had made suggestions for a lighter parser, and that I had not received a definitive response yet.</p>

<p>To date I have not heard back from Wil. Maybe I wasn't "squeeky" enough? I'll tell you what, I'll add my protest to yours. As of one hour from now, the Zend_Yaml proposal will be deleted from my proposal list. Might wake someone up.</p>

<p>Zend_Yaml has been erased. I'll note the January review eas effectively off the mark since Zend_Yaml does not exist, and has not been an active proposal since the November review. The review should be revisited perhaps so the existing work is not simply ignored out of some bad assumptions.</p>