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From: imsop.php@rwec.co.uk ("Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]")

On 11 October 2025 10:32:26 BST, Pierre Joye <pierre=2Ephp@gmail=2Ecom> wro=
te:

>For the packages repositories hosted (git, ex-svn),yes, see
>https://github=2Ecom/pear=2E The idea of the group was to be able to take
>over abandoned but widely used packages, define what licenses are
>allowed and other related areas=2E The packages repositories not hosted
>on php's repos are still where they used to be, if the service still
>exists=2E

An additional point worth noting is that all the packages in that GitHub o=
rg are published to both PEAR and Packagist=2E A few may not have been test=
ed in Composer projects, but fixes are likely to be easy as long as someone=
's available to tag a new release - I seem to remember raising a small PR t=
o fix some autoloading or dependency issues for something I needed=2E

For users not ready to adopt a full Composer per-project workflow, we coul=
d recommend to use its global install mode, e=2Eg=2E

Replace:
pear install HTML_Template_IT
With:=20
composer global install pear/html_template_it

Then all that should need fixing is include paths or autoloader setup in t=
he application=2E


Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]