Table of Contents

Preface

Organization of This Book

Pre-requisites

I. Introduction

1. About PEAR_PackageFileManager

2. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

II. Getting Started

3. package.xml 2.0

III. Tutorial

4. Introduction

5. Introducing PEAR_PackageFileManager

6. Setting options

7. Creating a new package

8. Maintaining users list

9. Using tasks to customize file installation

10. Maintaining dependencies list

11. Using custom file roles

12. Using custom file tasks

13. Handling Changelog

IV. Reference Guide

<channel> - What is a channel?

<uri> - When should I use <uri>?

<lead>, <developer>, <contributor>, and <helper> - Developer documentation for a release

<version> - versioning in package.xml 2.0

<stability> - specifying release and API stability

<license> - specifying software license and optional reference to license text

<notes> - about release changes

<contents> - specifying the contents of a release

<dir> - documenting a directory in the <contents> tag

<file> - documenting a file in the <contents> tag

tasks for <file>s - specialized file installation and manipulation

<compatible> - Alleviating strict versioning with <compatible>

<dependencies> - Dependency Specification in package.xml 2.0

<usesrole> - documenting custom file roles used in <contents>

<usestask> - documenting custom tasks used in <contents>

<phprelease>, <extbinrelease>, <extsrcrelease>, <bundle> - specifying the content type of a release