Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.4.0RC2 (beta) Released.

***IMPORTANT*** Please note that the code within is identical to the earlier release, which was pulled. It had been packaged using a buggy earlier version of PEAR (1.4.0RC1), and as such did not have a valid package.xml. This error was fixed, the release re-packaged, package.xml double-checked for validity, and re-released. Greg PEAR Announce wrote: > The new PEAR package PEAR-1.4.0RC2 (beta) has been released at > http://pear.php.net/. > > Release notes > ------------- > This is a major milestone release for PEAR. In addition to several killer features, > every single element of PEAR has a regression test, and so stability is much higher > than any previous PEAR release. > > 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 uri-based package > * support for custom file roles and installation tasks > > Specific changes from 1.4.0RC1: > * fix Bug #5417: generation of package.xml 1.0 must escape < > & " > * fix package.xml within PEAR package (because of Bug #5417) > * fix Bug #5412: if a package has no dependencies, no validation against > installed package deps > > Package Info > ------------- > The PEAR package contains: > * the PEAR installer, for creating, distributing > and installing packages > * the beta-quality PEAR_Exception PHP5 error handling mechanism > * the beta-quality PEAR_ErrorStack advanced error handling class > * 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 > > Related Links > ------------- > Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR > Changelog: > http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR/download/1.4.0RC2 > Download: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR-1.4.0RC2.tgz > > Authors > ------------- > Stig Bakken <stig@php.net> (lead) > Thomas V.V.Cox <cox@idecnet.com> (lead) > Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> (helper) > Pierre-Alain Joye (lead) > Greg Beaver (lead)