[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.9.0RC4 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.9.0RC4 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * Fixed a problem where the original channel could not be set as a preferred_mirror again [dufuz] * Make sure channel aliases can't be made to start with - [dufuz] * Output issues with pear search [dufuz] * Fixed couple of stray notices [dufuz] 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/1.9.0RC4 Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.9.0RC4.tgz Authors ------- Tias Guns (developer) Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson <helgith@gmail.com> (lead)