Re: The Webbased PEAR Package Manager

Tias wrote: > I would like to introduce everybody to the freshly released > PEAR_Frontend_Web, version 0.7.0. (demo at > http://tias.ulyssis.org/frontweb_demo/) > > Its a webbased frontend to the PEAR installer, but it is now even a lot > more. It gives you the power of PEAR as a package manager in a > comprehensible, clear and user friendly way. It's the ideal solution for > anybody that manages PEAR packages on a webserver. > > Some of its great features are: > * Webbased: no remote shell access needed. Even for the initial > installation you can use go-pear's webfrontend. > * Fully channel aware: no default channel, all channels are managed at > the same time. This offers a much more intuitive way of working for all > those that use multiple channels. > * Unique docviewer: After installing a package you can quickly and > easely read the documentation that came with it. > * Plus all features of the PEAR Installer, including features that are > not yet in PEAR itself, like 'list-categories'. > > > This package changes the way PEAR is used and opens the way for PEAR as > a full blown package management system. A system where channels are true > web-software repositories and where libraries as well as entire > webapplications are installed and managed with the same ease. > > > Delightfully, > Tias > Wow, awesome :-) Really a great tool now! Regards, Matthias