[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.4.7 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.4.7 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Minor bugfix release * Prevent packaging of release candidate releases with versions like 1.0.0rc1 version_compare() only understands upper-case 1.0.0RC1 * implement CLEAN section in .phpt tests * implement run-tests command for phpunit-based tests * implement Request #6039: setFrontendObject needed to allow objects passed * fix Bug #6075: unnecessary validation of maintainers can break PEAR_PFM * fix Bug #6076: optional is not set for conversion of package2.xml to "has" rel * fix Bug #6077: PEAR_PackageFile_Parser_v2 should return by reference * fix Bug #6273: pear download-all fails * fix Bug #6383: incomplete PEAR::Error message on addReplacement() * fix Bug #6445: PEAR::registerShutdownFunc doesn't work in static calls * fix Bug #6480: pear install --installroot option fails for pecl packages [timj] * fix Bug #6510: status active of a maintainer cannot be change * fix Bug #6537: wrong export compatible v1 dependencies list with exclude limit * fix Bug #6559: pear should ignore safemode/open_basedir * fix Bug #6576: PFM2 run in trouble with sessions * fix Bug #6579: PFM2 changelog and license with uri * fix Bug #6673: pear install --offline --packagingroot=/blah does not work * fix Bug #6674: --packagingroot always uses channel pear.php.net configuration * fix Bug #6675: postinstallscript validation fails * fix Bug #6690: channel with / will not allow upgrade * fix Bug #6692: Optional feature install message needs channel name * fix Bug #6716: "pear install -r" errors after install when attempting "pear list <pkgname>" * fix Bug #6735: PEAR_PackageFile::fromTgzFile doesn't work with package.xml not in root dir 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/1.4.7 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR-1.4.7.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) bertrand Gugger <bertrand@toggg.com> (helper) Tim Jackson (helper)