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Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 00:35:43 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Remove PEAR from php source
From: hannes.magnusson@gmail.com (Hannes Magnusson)

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Martin Keckeis
<martin.keckeis1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> since PEAR is really easy to install with the PHAR support -> is it maybe
> time to drop it from php-src?
>
> Remove the complete folder:
> https://github.com/php/php-src/tree/master/pear
>
> How to install with PHAR
> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php


There are only two problems with that:
- Not all installations have phar
- We must provide a way to install pecl extensions

Until there is an alternative to 'pecl install' we unfortunately have
to bundle pear.

-Hannes