[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR_PackageFileManager-1.6.0a4 (alpha) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR_PackageFileManager-1.6.0a4 (alpha) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- New features/bugfix release Still more unit testing to do, but enough is fixed to warrant a new release * add addUnixeol(), addWindowseol(), initPostinstallScript() and addPostinstallScript() * fix invalid package validation in PFM2::importOptions() - no error messages printed * fix fatal error if no files are found by the filelist generator using PFM2 * fix Bug #5243: importOptions() won't work with 2nd arg filled * fix Bug #5072: If channel not registered, addMaintainers() fails? Package Info ------------- This package revolutionizes the maintenance of PEAR packages. With a few parameters, the entire package.xml is automatically updated with a listing of all files in a package. Features include - manages the new package.xml 2.0 format in PEAR 1.4.0 - can detect PHP and extension dependencies using PHP_CompatInfo - reads in an existing package.xml file, and only changes the release/changelog - a plugin system for retrieving files in a directory. Currently two plugins exist, one for standard recursive directory content listing, and one that reads the CVS/Entries files and generates a file listing based on the contents of a checked out CVS repository - incredibly flexible options for assigning install roles to files/directories - ability to ignore any file based on a * ? wildcard-enabled string(s) - ability to include only files that match a * ? wildcard-enabled string(s) - ability to manage dependencies - can output the package.xml in any directory, and read in the package.xml file from any directory. - can specify a different name for the package.xml file PEAR_PackageFileManager is fully unit tested. The new PEAR_PackageFileManager2 class is not. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR_PackageFileManager Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR_PackageFileManager/download/1.6.0a4 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR_PackageFileManager-1.6.0a4.tgz Authors ------------- Greg Beaver (lead) Arnaud Limbourg <arnaud@limbourg.com> (developer)