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PEAR out of beta

15th January 2003

I just noticed that PEAR is finally out of beta. This means that the PEAR installer will be included with PHP 4.3, but more importantly it means that the PEAR website finally has a usable navigation system.

Posted 15th January 2003 at 11:52 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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