PEAR 1.4.8

バージョンが0.0.1あがった位でこんなにもアップデートすんなYO!!

The PEAR package contains:

  • the PEAR installer, for creating, distributing

and installing packages

  • the beta-quality PEAR_Exception PHP5 error handling mechanism
  • the beta-quality 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