[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.7.0RC2 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.7.0RC2 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- **WARNING** MAJOR BC BREAK IN WWW ROLE** The www role was installing into packagename/ and now installs into the root directory of www_dir. This is necessary to allow easy migration from applications already using Role_Web fixed since 1.7.0RC1: * fix Bug #12662: System::_parseArgs() should be declared statically [cellog] * fix Bug #12661: System::mktemp needs to be declaired statically [cellog] * implement PEAR_Error::__toString() as alias to getMessage() [cellog] fixed since 1.6.2: * fix Bug #12116: Accept-Encoding not supported: breaks installer [jldupont] * fix Bug #12162: config-create doesn't work after installing custom roles [cellog] * fix Bug #12553: System::find() does not find exact filename matches [cellog/jorrit] * fix Bug #12554: enableExtension() zeros php.ini in some instances [jlightsey] * implement Request #11964: introduce www role, www_dir config variable [cellog] * implement Request #12108: Add "config" (cfg) role [cellog] * implement Request #12147: Avoid compile-time strict warnings [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 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 Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR/download/1.7.0RC2 Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.7.0RC2.tgz Authors ------- Greg Beaver (lead) Tias Guns (developer) Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson <dufuz@php.net> (developer)