PEAR hasn't been distributed with PHP in well over a decade, and the last commit to the PEAR "modernization" project was in 2011. PEAR is an abandoned tool use

PEAR hasn't been distributed with PHP in well over a decade, and the last commit to the PEAR "modernization" project was in 2011. PEAR is an abandoned tool used by no one. Arguing for it to be considered "the" package manager is a really weird fight to pick.