[ANNOUNCEMENT] PEAR-1.9.5 (stable) Released.

[PEAR Announce]

The new PEAR package PEAR-1.9.5 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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No changes since 1.9.5dev1

Bug fixes in 1.9.5.dev1:
* Fix bug #18343: Entities in file names decoded during packaging [cweiske]
* Fix bug #18665: pecl extensions not enabled in empty php.ini files [Louis Opter]
* Fix bug #18834: Do not truncate cache file if it is a symlink [avb]
* Fix bug #18892: Parse error in Installer.php [ashnazg]
* Fix bug #19482: fix pearcmd for include paths with trailing backslash [cweiske]
* Fix bug #19793: PHP Notice about ob_end_clean() [cweiske]
* Fix bug #20086: Invalid regexp in PEAR_Builder::build() [avb]
* Fix bug #20203: split content-type and get real mime type [Samu Voutilainen]
* Fix bug #20283: use full path for "zend_extension=..." [cweiske]
* Fix bug #20284: Reset interpreter before running --CLEAN-- section php-cgi run [Mats Lindh]
* Fix bug #20285: fix spelling mistakes [Veres Lajos]
* Fix bug #20286: Support access of static variables on objects in validator [cweiske]
* Fix bug #20321: Correctly detect name of current user during installation [cweiske]
* Fix bug: let pear run-tests fail when there are failed tests [cweiske]
* Prepare a test for bug #18056 / bug #18834 [avb]

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/1.9.5
Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.9.5.tgz

Authors
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Christian Weiske (lead)