Description:

This command is an improved implementation of the standard makerpm
command, and contains several enhancements that make it far more
flexible. Similar functions for other external packaging mechanisms
may be added at a later date.

Enhanced features over the original PEAR "makerpm" command include:
- Ability to define a release on the command line
- Allows more advanced customisation of the generated package name
- Allows virtual Provides/Requires that differ in format from the
package name format
- tries to intelligently distinguish between PEAR and PECL when
generating packages

In PEAR status of this package is: alpha.