PEAR

PEAR Base System

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 cellog Greg Beaver cellog@php.net lead ssb Stig Bakken stig@php.net lead cox Tomas V.V.Cox cox@idecnet.com lead pajoye Pierre-Alain Joye pajoye@pearfr.org lead mj Martin Jansen mj@php.net helper 1.4.0 2005-09-18 PHP License stable This is a major milestone release for PEAR. In addition to several killer features, every single element of PEAR has a regression test, and so stability is much higher than any previous PEAR release. 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 NOTE: users of PEAR_Frontend_Web/PEAR_Frontend_Gtk must upgrade their installations to the latest version, or PEAR will not upgrade properly PEAR Archive_Tar Console_Getopt XML_RPC PEAR_Frontend_Web PEAR_Frontend_Gtk xml pcre 1.3.6 2005-08-18 PHP License stable * Bump XML_RPC dependency to 1.4.0 * return by reference from PEAR::raiseError() 1.4.0a1 2005-02-26 PHP License alpha This is a major milestone release for PEAR. In addition to several killer features, every single element of PEAR has a regression test, and so stability is much higher than any previous PEAR release, even with the alpha label. 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 * support for binary PECL packages * 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 Specific changes from 1.3.5: * Implement request #1789: SSL support for xml-rpc and download * Everything above here that you just read 1.4.0a2 2005-02-27 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a1: * Fix Bug #3610: fix for PDO package in 1.3.5 was never merged to 1.4.0a1 * Fix Bug #3612: fatal error in PEAR_Downloader_Package * Use 1.2.0 as recommended version of XML_RPC 1.4.0a3 2005-03-02 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a2: * Fix package.xml version 2.0 generation from package.xml 1.0 * Fix Bug #3634: still too many pear-specific restrictions on package valid * Implement Request #3647: "pear package" only includes one package.xml * Fix Bug #3677: Post-Install script message needs to display channel name 1.4.0a4 2005-03-02 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a3: * upgrade suggested XML_RPC version to 1.2.1 1.4.0a5 2005-03-17 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a4: * upgrade suggested XML_RPC version to 1.2.2 * attempt to address memory issues * relax validation further * disable debug_backtrace() in PEAR_Error constructor of PEAR installer * fix a strange version number condition when two packages were upgraded at the same time. * fix Bug #3808 channel packages with non-baseinstalldir files will conflict on upgrade * fix Bug #3801 [PATCH] analyzeSourceCode() reports PHP4 code as PHP5 * fix Bug #3671 Installing package features doesn't work as expected * implement Request #3717 [Patch] Implement Simple run-tests output 1.4.0a6 2005-03-17 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a5: * fix Bug #3860 PEAR_Dependency2 not included in 1 case 1.4.0a7 2005-03-17 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a6: * implement the tags <usesrole> and <usestask> for custom role/task graceful failure * REALLY fix the debug_backtrace() issue (modified wrong pearcmd.php) * fix Bug #3864 Invalid dependency relation * fix Bug #3863 illogical warning about PEAR_Frontend_Gtk 0.4.0 with PEAR 1.4.0a6 1.4.0a8 2005-03-21 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a7: * greatly improve the flexibility of post-install scripts - <param> tag is no longer required - skipParamgroup() method in Frontends allows dynamic manipulation of what input is requested from users * make error message when a user has no write access absolutely clear and unmistakable * update to new header comment block standard * slight improvement to speed and possibly memory use of Installer when a lot of package.xml version 1.0 packages are installed * add "peardev" command for those with memory_limit issue * make package-validate command work on packaged .tgz files 1.4.0a9 2005-03-21 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a8: * add --package option to run-tests command, to run installed .phpt tests * significantly drop pear's memory footprint for all commands * fix fatal errors when installing pecl packages * make download command work for non-root in a shared environment * make sure that if 1.4.0a8 (alpha) is installed, and 1.3.6 (newer) exists, pear will not attempt to "upgrade" to 1.3.6 * split PEAR_PackageFile_v2 into two classes, read-only PEAR_PackageFile_v2, and read-write PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw 1.4.0a10 2005-04-06 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a9: * add support for writeable tasks * fix potential fatal errors in run-tests command, -p option * fix --installroot option for installation * move run-tests command into its own file (testing may expand) * fix fatal error if package.xml has no version="X.0" * fix Bug #3966: Improper path in PEAR/PackageFile/v2.php * fix Bug #3990: PEAR_Error PEAR_EXCEPTION broken * fix Bug #4021: PEAR_Config file_exists can cause warnings * fix Bug #1870: pear makerpm dependancies * fix Bug #4038: Array to string conversion in PEAR/Frontend/CLI.php * fix Bug #4060: pear upgrade Auth_HTTP fails * fix Bug #4072: pear list-all -c channel does not list installed packages 1.4.0a11 2005-04-17 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a10: * Add new "unusualbaseinstall" role type that allows custom roles similar data/test/doc to honor the baseinstalldir attribute * fix Bug #4095: System::rm does not handle links correctly * fix Bug #4097: Wrong logging in PEAR_Command_Test * make pear/pecl commands list only pear/pecl packages * fix Bug #4161: pear download always leaves a package.xml in the dir * make PEAR_Remote messages more helpful (include server name) * make list-upgrades only search channels from which we have installed packages * remove max tag requirement for php dependency 1.4.0a12 2005-05-28 PHP License alpha Specific changes from 1.4.0a11: * Implement REST 1.0 as per Request #2781 * REST is the default connection method if available * fix bugs in PEAR_ChannelFile REST handling * fix Bug #4069: pear list-all -c ChannelAlias does not work * fix Bug #4249: download-all broken in 1.4.0a11 * fix Bug #4257: if rel="has" is used with a version="" attribute, the warning does not work * fix Bug #4278: Parser V1: error handling borked ! * fix Bug #4279: Typo in DependencyDB (_version) * fix Bug #4285: pear install *.tgz miss dependencies * fix Bug #4353: fatal error if using remote_config variable * fix Bug #4354: Remote PEAR upgrade and uninstall operation fail * fix Bug #4355: PEAR 1.4.0a11 ftpInstall chokes on package2.xml packages * fix Bug #4400: pear download chiara/Chiara_XML_RPC5-alpha fails * fix Bug #4458: packaging error message better description * implement Request #2781: support for static channel releases.xml summary * implement versioned conflicting dependencies * fix major problems in subpackages * The next version will split off PEAR_ErrorStack into its own package * fix problems with zero-length files that have tasks on installation * add a check for channel.xml up-to-dateness and gentle warning to users on installing a package from that channel 1.4.0b1 2005-08-25 PHP License beta * remove old notes (prior to 1.4.0a11) * implement conflicts tags for frontend packages * implement separation of PEAR_ErrorStack package * implement separation of PEAR_RemoteInstall package * add default install for PEAR_Delegator package (if installing via PEAR 1.4.0 only) * fix PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setSourcePackage() to match newer package.xml 2.0 format * fix PEAR_Common::validatePackageInfo() so it accepts the contents of a package.xml * implement Feature #4464: ability to modify a post-install script prompt at runtime * fix Bug #4741: Newest Pager won't install (no upgrade available) * fix Bug #4817: Fix warning with corrupt cache * fix Bug #4818: References fix * fix Bug #4825: pear behind a proxy using REST dosnt work * fix Bug #4952: PEAR_Exception::toHTML() spits notices * fix Bug #5073: cache fatal error if no cached content * fix Bug #5131: pear info PEAR shows "Array" with installed PEAR 1.4.0a13 (CVS) * fix Bug #5132: pear info Blah.tgz reports optional deps as required * fix Bug #5135: pear info PEAR has notice with a13 installed 1.4.0b2 2005-09-11 PHP License beta Specific changes from 1.4.0b1: * configure options were not being prompted for packages like pecl/PDO * use file_get_contents() wherever possible in favor of fread($fp, filesize($file)) as this is deprecated behavior and won't work with streams at all in PHP 5.1 * fix CLI frontend in PHP 5.0+ with CGI version * fix Bug #5240: Unnecessary assign by reference in PEAR_ErrorStack * fix Bug #5285: Incorrect dependency on PEAR_RemoteInstall should be PEAR_RemoteInstaller * fix Bug #5322: Clean up docs and handling of exceptions 1.4.0RC1 2005-09-14 PHP License beta Specific changes from 1.4.0b2: * fix Bug #5319: broken .pearrc or pear.conf are correctly detected * fix Bug #5331: PEAR_Exception should take any Exception as cause * fix Bug #5385: small fix to PEAR/Command/Package.php and RunTest.php * fix Bug #5374: package.dtd is broken, package-1.0 is not synced * fix Bug #5394: postinstallscript sub-tags need namespace prefix 1.4.0RC2 2005-09-15 PHP License beta Specific changes from 1.4.0RC1: * fix Bug #5417: generation of package.xml 1.0 must escape < > & " * fix package.xml within PEAR package (because of Bug #5417) * fix Bug #5412: if a package has no dependencies, no validation against installed package deps