[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.4.6 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.4.6 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Minor bugfix release * fix problem with -options when using CGI version of PHP * fix Critical Bug #5999: support for baseinstalldir broken in package2.xml format * fix Bug #6034: date format bug * fix Bug #6040: PEAR_Frontend#setFrontendClass has no docblock; PEAR_Frontend not documented * fix Bug #6044: PEAR_REST::retrieveCacheFirst doesn't return error codes * fix Bug #6047: pear makerpm fails to handle docs in root directory * fix Bug #6048: PEAR_Frontend::log parameters are wrong * fix Bug #6106: Notices by list-upgrades (caused by time-outs ?) * fix Bug #6145: Can't install PEAR with INSTALL_ROOT environment * fix Bug #6218: the "pear" command does nothing * fix Bug #6269: System::which() returns silliness if passed null * fix Bug #6322: Installer fails to follow redirects [patch by Bertrand Gugger] * fix Request #6119: Add PEAR_Frontend_Gtk2 support to PEAR 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 mechanism * 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 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 url-based package * support for custom file roles and installation tasks NOTE: users of PEAR_Frontend_Web/PEAR_Frontend_Gtk must upgrade their installations to the latest version, or PEAR will not upgrade properly Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR/download/1.4.6 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR-1.4.6.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)