The PEAR package contains:

* the PEAR installer, for creating, distributing
and installing packages

* the PEAR_Exception PHP5 error handling mechanism

* the PEAR_ErrorStack advanced error handling mechanism

* the PEAR_Error error handling mechanism

* the OS_Guess class for retrieving info about the OS
where PHP is running on

* the System class for quick handling of common operations
with files and directories

* the PEAR base class

New features in a nutshell:

* full support for channels

* pre-download dependency validation

* new package.xml 2.0 format allows tremendous flexibility while maintaining BC

* support for optional dependency groups and limited support for sub-packaging

* robust dependency support

* full dependency validation on uninstall

* remote install for hosts with only ftp access - no more problems with
restricted host installation

* full support for mirroring

* support for bundling several packages into a single tarball

* support for static dependencies on a url-based package

* support for custom file roles and installation tasks

NOTE: users of PEAR_Frontend_Web/PEAR_Frontend_Gtk must upgrade their installations

to the latest version, or PEAR will not upgrade properly

Release date: 2007-04-22 18:07 UTC

Release state: stable

Changelog:



* Fix Bug #10311: use clearContents to delete bundledPackages [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10602: notice on line 157 PEAR/REST/11.php [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10620: use \z instead of $ in regexes [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10621: channel-info does not handle mirrors properly [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10645: Patch for verbose sign command [cweiske]

* Fix Bug #10647: no mktempdir but config temp_dir in Channels.php [tias]

* Fix Bug #10656: no userConfirm() check in Frontend::setFrontendObject [tias]

* Fix Bug #10661: Failure to install local package [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10676: tmpdir() search variables in wrong order. [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10690: RunTest.php parses HTTP headers for non-CGI tests [jstump]

* Fix Bug #10720: Notice: Undefined variable: group in PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on
line 698 [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10733: Validator cannot handle invalid package2.xml file [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10768: if a package is not installed, upgrade will not install it [cellog]

* Fix Bug #10771: upgrade-all/upgrade will not upgrade non-PEAR channels [cellog]



Dependencies:

• PHP Version: PHP 4.3.0 or newer


• PEAR Package: Archive_Tar 1.1 or newer


• PEAR Package: Structures_Graph 1.0.2 or newer


• PEAR Package: Console_Getopt 1.2 or newer


• PEAR Package: PEAR_Frontend_Web (conflicts with some versions)


• PEAR Package: PEAR_Frontend_Gtk (conflicts with some versions)


• PHP Extension: xml


• PHP Extension: pcre


• PEAR Package: XML_RPC 1.4.0 or newer (optional)

Weitere Infos und Download auf der PEAR-Homepage