[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.10.0dev2 (devel) Released.

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.10.0dev2 (devel) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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* Fix #18638 and #18405: Make PEAR::loadExtension static [cweiske]
* Fix #20319: allow pear to work when cache_dir is not writable [remicollet]
* 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]

Package Info
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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
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Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR
   Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PEAR/download/1.10.0dev2
    Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.10.0dev2.tgz

Authors
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Christian Weiske (lead)