[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.9.2 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.9.2 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Important! This is a security fix release. The advisory can be found at http://pear.php.net/advisory-20110228.txt Bugs: * Fixed Bug #17463: Regression: On Windows, svntag [patch by doconnor] * Fixed Bug #17641: pecl-list doesn't sort packages by name [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #17781: invalid argument warning on foreach due to an empty optional dependencie [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #17801: PEAR run-tests wrongly detects php-cgi [patch by David Jean Louis (izi)] * Fixed Bug #17839: pear svntag does not tag package.xml file [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #17986: PEAR Installer cannot handle files moved between packages [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #17997: Strange output if directories are not writeable [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #18001: PEAR/RunTest coverage fails [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #18056 [SECURITY]: Symlink attack in PEAR install [dufuz] * Fixed Bug #18218: "pear package" does not allow the use of late static binding [dufuz and Christer Edvartsen] * Fixed Bug #18238: Wrong return code from "pear help" [till] * Fixed Bug #18308: Broken error message about missing channel validator [yunosh] This feature is implemented as a result of #18056 * Implemented Request #16648: Use TMPDIR for builds instead of /var/tmp [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/1.9.2 Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.9.2.tgz Authors ------- Tias Guns (developer) Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson <helgith@gmail.com> (lead)