Today, the latest incarnation of the PEAR Installer, version 1.6.0, was released at pear.php.net (http://pear.php.net/PEAR to download, pear upgrade PEAR to upgrade).
This release fixes a number of major regressions introduced in PEAR 1.5.2 that
A few minutes ago, the PEAR Group finished its third meeting, which was the first attended by newly elected PEAR Group member Paul Jones (welcome Paul!). In addition to other things discussed, the one that really interests me, and I suspect all of you, is the future direction of the repository and the PEAR [...]
Finally after having a tie in the initial PEAR Group Election, we have ran a runoff election between the two tied parties Justin Patrin and Paul M. Jones.
After the regular time for an election, the choice has been made by the community on the seventh member of the PEAR Group.
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Paul M. [...]
It’s been a great ride so far.
PEAR has undergone a minor revolution in culture in the past several months, and as your newly elected president, I’m excited to start telling you about it. This blog is just one example of the new ways PEAR will be reaching out to the larger PHP community. [...]
This is the official blog of PEAR’s (PHP Extension and Application Repository) elected President and PEAR Group, the two heads of PEAR. Here, you will find announcements as well as brainstorming and the general excitement and bustle of this vibrant open source community.