There will be no more PEAR releases

build.xml

@@ -147,30 +147,6 @@
   <exec executable="phpdox" />
  </target>
 
- <target name="pear"
-  description="Create PEAR package of PHPUnit and all its dependencies (release)">
-  <exec executable="bash" outputproperty="version">
-   <arg value="-c" />
-   <arg value="${basedir}/phpunit --version | awk 'BEGIN { ORS = &quot;&quot;; } {print $2}'" />
-  </exec>
-
-  <replace file="${basedir}/src/TextUI/TestRunner.php" token="@version@" value="${version}" />
-
-  <antcall target="phar-build">
-   <param name="version" value="${version}"/>
-  </antcall>
-
-  <replace file="${basedir}/src/TextUI/TestRunner.php" token="${version}" value="@version@" />
-
-  <copy file="${basedir}/build/phpunit-${version}.phar" tofile="${basedir}/phpunit.phar" />
-
-  <exec executable="pear">
-   <arg value="package" />
-  </exec>
-
-  <delete file="${basedir}/phpunit.phar"/>
- </target>
-
  <target name="phar"
          description="Create PHAR archive of PHPUnit and all its dependencies (release)"
          depends="phar-prepare">

src/TextUI/TestRunner.php

@@ -586,17 +586,6 @@ public static function printVersionString()
     {
         if (!self::$versionStringPrinted) {
             self::write(PHPUnit_Runner_Version::getVersionString() . "\n\n");
-
-            if (strpos('@version@', '@version') !== 0) {
-                self::write(
-                  "You have installed PHPUnit via PEAR. This installation method is no longer\n" .
-                  "supported and http://pear.phpunit.de/ will be shut down no later than\n" .
-                  "December, 31 2014.\n\n" .
-                  "Please read http://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/installation.html and\n" .
-                  "learn how to use PHPUnit from a PHAR or install it via Composer.\n\n"
-                );
-            }
-
             self::$versionStringPrinted = true;
         }
     }