Re: New "pear install" facilities

Alexander Merz wrote:

Tomas V.V.Cox wrote:

pear install DB-1.2     -> specific version

pear install DB-stable -> latest stable version

                           (stable, beta, alpha, ..)

pear install DB-1.2.tar -> download in tar format

this is really counter-intuitive and the last is irritating, because it looks like calling a file archive why not sth like: pear install -v 1.2 -t(ar) DB or

There is already a -z flag to stop it being compressed I agree with adding version flag, can't be -v/-V though both are taken.

pear install DB 1.2 tar

How do you know the difference between this and this: pear install XMl_RPC XML_RSS SOAP?? Bad suggestion. I like the pear install DB-1.2, and the pear install DB-{$STATUS}, the last I think should be left to -z, how do you know DB-1.2.tar isn't a local file? - Davey