[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.10.0 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.10.0 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- No changes since version 1.10.0dev3. Changes since version 1.9.5: * Implement #20488: Add support for PHP 7 [cweiske] * Drop support for PHP 4 and 5.0 - 5.3 [cweiske] * Remove deprecated methods [cweiske] * Add --showdiff to "pear run-tests" to print diff for failed tests [tyrael] * Implement #20333: New role=man for man pages [bjori] * Implement #20334: add "metadata_dir" configuration option [remicollet] * Add long option names to install-pear.php [remicollet] * Remove PEAR/ErrorStack5.php [cweiske] * Fix #17045: avoid overwriting include path [glen] * Fix #17399: "pear help" doesn't mention the "version" command [kguest] * Fix #18638 and #18405: Make PEAR::loadExtension static [cweiske] * Fix #20319: allow pear to work when cache_dir is not writable [remicollet] * Fix #20507: pear list-upgrades does not take PHP version into account [cweiske] * Fix #20927: Use correct php-config [cweiske] * Fix #20946: PEAR_Builder::log() declaration [remicollet] * Fix channel.xml downloading from https if it did not change [cweiske] * Fix static warnings [cweiske] 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/1.10.0 Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.10.0.tgz Authors ------- Christian Weiske (lead)