[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.5.2 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.5.2 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * Fix Bug #10261: Transaction handling fails to halt/rollback on certain errors [cellog] * Fix Bug #10275: [Patch] XML-RPC usage in Channels.php [tias] * Fix Bug #10286: No output on failed tests [cellog] * Fix Bug #10358: placeholders not replaced in PackageFile validator [cellog] * Fix Bug #10367: E_WARNING on list-all for empty channel [timj] * Fix Bug #10372: upgrade package, only try when needed [cellog] * Fix Bug #10400: Fatal Error when creating a bundled package with PFM2 [berdir] * Fix Bug #10401: Funny 'pear info' output [cellog] * Fix Bug #10402: Missing versions with remote-list [cellog] * Fix Bug #10434: pear uninstall --ignore-errors causes fatal error [cellog] * Fix Bug #10435: deprecated message shows only first letter of package [cellog] * Fix Bug #10494: Missing abstract methods in Frontend.php [cellog] * Fix Bug #10516: unlinking of files needs extra check [cellog] * Fix Bug #10554: no unit test for pear install package#sub if package is installed [cellog] Package Info ------------ The PEAR package contains: * the PEAR installer, for creating, distributing and installing packages * the PEAR_Exception PHP5 error handling mechanism * the 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/1.5.2 Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.5.2.tgz Authors ------- Greg Beaver (lead) Tim Jackson (helper) bertrand Gugger <bertrand@toggg.com> (helper)