[ANNOUNCEMENT] phar-1.0.0RC1 (beta) Released.

The new PECL package phar-1.0.0RC1 (beta) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Initial release. This release is fully regression-tested This extension is only compatible with phar archives compliant with PHP_Archive 0.10.0 (api Version 1.0.0) Package Info ------------- This is the extension version of PEAR's PHP_Archive package. Support for zlib, bz2 and crc32 is achieved without any dependency other than the external zlib or bz2 extension. .phar files can be read using the phar stream, or with the Phar class. If the SPL extension is available, a Phar object can be used as an array to iterate over a phar's contents or to read files directly from the phar. Phar archives can be created using the streams API or with the Phar class, if the phar.readonly ini variable is set to false. Full support for MD5 and SHA1 signatures is possible. Signatures can be required if the ini variable phar.require_hash is set to true. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/phar Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=phar Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/phar-1.0.0RC1.tgz Authors ------------- Greg Beaver (lead) Marcus Börger <helly@php.net> (lead)