Xdebug 2.0.0beta4 / PEAR::XMLParser
Last night I released version 2.0.0beta4 of Xdebug which fixes a small number of bugs. In the next couple of weeks I hope to fix all other bugs, and implement the features that I would like to have in Xdebug 2.0.0.
While getting the release ready I spend some time looking at the new PEAR installer, and encountered some interesting problems with how the PackageFile and XMLParser handle UTF-8 and XML. In PHP 5 the XML parsers output always UTF-8, which was not taken into account and because of misunderstandings they suggested to use entities for weird characters, such as the norwegian "æ". But entities are HTML features, which do not exist in XML - so this didn't work properly either. I cooked up a small patch which should make "pear convert" and "pear package" deal with UTF-8 and non-ASCII characters in a more proper way.
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Created a bench and a crossing
Created 2 benches and a crossing; Updated 5 cushions, a post_box, and a crossing
Created a crossing; Updated a cushion
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Updated a bench
Created 3 benches; Updated 10 benches
Updated a bench
Updated a bus_stop
Created a bench and a waste_basket; Updated 6 bus_stops and a crossing
Created 2 waste_baskets and a recycling; Updated 2 bicycle_parkings and a recycling
Updated a fast_food, a funeral_directors shop, and 2 other objects; Confirmed a fast_food and a hairdresser shop
Created an information; Updated 3 benches and 2 waste_baskets
Updated 2 benches and a waste_basket
Updated a bench
Created a waste_basket and an information
Created a waste_basket
I hiked 18.0km in 4h1m52s
I walked 1.4km in 17m19s
I walked 4.5km in 1h21m49s
I just made and ate, a bowl full of bacon fried Brussels Sprouts. Not under duress, and out of my own free will.
Added new residential building
Created a hairdresser shop; Confirmed a convenience shop and a dry_cleaning shop
Created a building_materials shop, a vacant shop, and 4 other objects; Confirmed a hairdresser shop, a cafe, and 2 other objects
I walked 8.3km in 1h33m44s



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