- Missing maintenair because too many think make better than other, and prefers restart an new code than share and contribute ton an existing.

- Docbook is hard, yes, but it's a false reason, some user are ready to dockbookise all proposed doc.

- Doc missing : yes and is became required to have a stable status.

- Doc missing : yes but how many package user have propose to developper to contribute with doc, tuto, sample ... no many. Users take and away.

- Docbook is better (because can be include in the translation process) but is not the only way to propose a doc for a package, many maintainer use a private wiki.

- France is a republic, Belgium a realms. French people choose the president and are always to talk negative about him. In Belgium , we can't choose the king, and lot of people appraciate the king.

Yes zend Framework would progress better and faster than pear, but some elite, choosed (in closed friend ring) to have something to do in the project, other can olny be user.