diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3895c5b..888ac2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dist/
 build.properties
+package.xml
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c1db166..1a979dd 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -10,12 +10,26 @@
 
   <property name="version-m"  value="0.97" />
   <property name="version"    value="0.97.0" />
+  <property name="stability"  value="beta" />
+  <property name="releasenotes" value="- Many SQL optimizations
+- SemanticScuttle shows bookmarks 4 times faster now
+- New config option to skip 'SET NAMES UTF8' call: $dbneedssetnames
+- Do not highlight admin bookmarks when $enableAdminColors is disabled
+- Add russian translation
+- Make HTML export follow the specifications a bit better
+- Fix bug #2953732: faulty error message for duplicate bookmarks
+- Fix bug #2960663: do not send content-type headers twice for ajax/api scripts
+- Fix bug #2976593: fr_FR locale is vietnamese
+" />
   <property name="zipfile"    value="${phing.project.name}-${version}.zip" />
+  <property name="pkgfile"    value="${phing.project.name}-${version}.tgz" />
   <property name="distfile"   value="dist/${zipfile}" />
   <property name="sfproject"  value="SemanticScuttle" />
   <property name="sffilepath" value="s/se/semanticscuttle/" />
   <property name="svnpath"    value="https://semanticscuttle.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/semanticscuttle/" />
 
+  <taskdef classname="phing.tasks.ext.d51PearPkg2Task" name="d51pearpkg2" />
+
   <target name="zip" depends="check"
    description="Create zip file for release"
    >
@@ -48,7 +62,150 @@
 
 
 
-  <target name="release" depends="check,zip,deploy-sf,svntag"
+  <target name="package" depends="check"
+   description="Creates the pear package"
+  >
+   <!-- fixme: create package.xml with d51pearpkg2 -->
+   <d51pearpkg2 dir="." baseinstalldir="/">
+     <name>SemanticScuttle</name>
+     <summary>A social bookmarking tool</summary>
+     <description>
+       A social bookmarking tool experimenting with new features
+       like structured tags or collaborative descriptions of tags.
+     </description>
+     <channel>__uri</channel>
+
+     <lead user="cweiske" name="Christian Weiske" email="cweiske@cweiske.de" />
+     <license>GPL</license>
+
+     <version   release="${version}"   api="${version}" />
+     <stability release="${stability}" api="${stability}" />
+
+     <notes>${releasenotes}</notes>
+
+     <dependencies>
+       <php minimum_version="5.2.0" />
+       <pear minimum_version="1.8.1" />
+
+       <package name="HTML_QuickForm2"
+                channel="pear.php.net"
+                minimum_version="0.4.0"
+                />
+
+     </dependencies>
+
+     <!-- map directory (key) to role -->
+     <dirroles key="www">www</dirroles>
+     <dirroles key="data">data</dirroles>
+     <dirroles key="doc">doc</dirroles>
+     <dirroles key="src">php</dirroles>
+     <dirroles key="tests">test</dirroles>
+
+     <!-- do not add the following files to the package.
+          copied from excludes above -->
+     <ignore>**/.gitignore</ignore>
+     <ignore>**/.svn</ignore>
+     <ignore>build*</ignore>
+     <ignore>data/config.php</ignore>
+     <ignore>data/locales/messages.po</ignore>
+     <ignore>data/locales/*/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po</ignore>
+     <ignore>dist/**</ignore>
+     <ignore>doc/developers/**</ignore>
+     <ignore>scripts/**</ignore>
+     <ignore>src/php-gettext/examples/**</ignore>
+     <ignore>src/php-gettext/bin/**</ignore>
+     <ignore>*.tgz</ignore>
+
+     <replacement
+      path="src/SemanticScuttle/header.php"
+      type="pear-config"
+      from="@data_dir@" to="data_dir"
+      />
+     <replacement
+      path="www/www-header.php"
+      type="pear-config"
+      from="@data_dir@" to="data_dir"
+      />
+     <replacement
+      path="tests/prepare.php"
+      type="pear-config"
+      from="@data_dir@" to="data_dir"
+      />
+
+     <changelog version="0.97" date="2010-06-09" license="GPL">
+- Many SQL optimizations - SemanticScuttle shows bookmarks 4 times faster now
+- New config option to skip "SET NAMES UTF8" call: $dbneedssetnames
+- Do not highlight admin bookmarks when $enableAdminColors is disabled
+- Add russian translation
+- Make HTML export follow the specifications a bit better
+- Fix bug #2953732: faulty error message for duplicate bookmarks
+- Fix bug #2960663: do not send content-type headers twice for ajax/api scripts
+- Fix bug #2976593: fr_FR locale is vietnamese
+     </changelog>
+
+     <!-- <dirroles key="bin">script</dirroles> -->
+     <!-- <replacement path="bin/doctrine" type="pear-config" from="@php_bin@" to="php_bin" /> -->
+     <!-- <release>
+            <install as="doctrine" name="bin/doctrine" />
+            -->
+   </d51pearpkg2>
+
+   <!-- time to fix the package.xml file since the task does not
+        allow everything we need:
+        - strip the base directory names like src, data and www
+        - remove that dumb baseinstalldir from files
+        - md5sums are generated automatically when packaging
+   -->
+   <!-- yes, we need to generate a 2nd file and move it back -->
+   <copy file="package.xml" tofile="package2.xml" overwrite="true">
+    <filterchain>
+     <replaceregexp>
+      <!-- remove md5sums -->
+      <regexp
+       pattern="md5sum=&quot;[a-z0-9]{32}&quot; "
+       replace=""
+       />
+      <!-- remove baseinstalldir for files -->
+      <regexp
+       pattern="&lt;file baseinstalldir=&quot;/&quot;"
+       replace="&lt;file"
+       />
+      <!-- install-as for different directories -->
+      <regexp
+       pattern="(&lt;file name=&quot;data/(.+?)&quot;)"
+       replace="\1 install-as=&quot;\2&quot;"
+       />
+      <regexp
+       pattern="(&lt;file name=&quot;doc/(.+?)&quot;)"
+       replace="\1 install-as=&quot;\2&quot;"
+       />
+      <regexp
+       pattern="(&lt;file name=&quot;tests/(.+?)&quot;)"
+       replace="\1 install-as=&quot;\2&quot;"
+       />
+      <regexp
+       pattern="(&lt;file name=&quot;www/(.+?)&quot;)"
+       replace="\1 install-as=&quot;SemanticScuttle/\2&quot;"
+       />
+      <regexp
+       pattern="(&lt;file name=&quot;src/(.+?)&quot;)"
+       replace="\1 install-as=&quot;\2&quot;"
+       />
+     </replaceregexp>
+    </filterchain>
+   </copy>
+   <move file="package2.xml" tofile="package.xml" overwrite="true" />
+
+   <!-- package up -->
+   <exec command="pear package" passthru="true" />
+   <move file="${pkgfile}" todir="dist/pear/" />
+
+   <delete file="package.xml" failonerror="true" />
+  </target>
+
+
+
+  <target name="release" depends="check,zip,package,deploy-sf,svntag"
    description="Release the version on sourceforge"
    >
    <!-- meta-target -->
diff --git a/doc/developers/release-new-version b/doc/developers/release-new-version
index 69530df..4b2540a 100644
--- a/doc/developers/release-new-version
+++ b/doc/developers/release-new-version
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ How to release a new version of SemanticScuttle
 0. Run unit tests and verify that all of them pass
 1. Update doc/ChangeLog
 2. Update doc/UPGRADE.txt
-3. Update version in data/templates/about.tpl.php
-   and build.xml
+3. Update version in data/templates/about.tpl.php,
+   build.xml and doc/README.txt
 4. Create a release zip file via the build script:
    Just type "phing".
 5. Make a test installation from your zip file with a fresh
diff --git a/src/SemanticScuttle/header.php b/src/SemanticScuttle/header.php
index ef36e83..d1a5c29 100644
--- a/src/SemanticScuttle/header.php
+++ b/src/SemanticScuttle/header.php
@@ -14,9 +14,21 @@
  * @license  GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
  * @link     http://sourceforge.net/projects/semanticscuttle
  */
-if (!file_exists(dirname(__FILE__) .'/../../data/config.php')) {
+
+if ('@data_dir@' == '@' . 'data_dir@') {
+    //non pear-install
+    $datadir = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../data/';
+} else {
+    //pear installation; files are in include path
+    $datadir = '@data_dir@/SemanticScuttle/';
+}
+
+if (!file_exists($datadir . '/config.php')) {
     header('HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error');
-    die('Please copy "config.php.dist" to "config.php" in data/ folder.');
+    die(
+        'Please copy "config.php.dist" to "config.php" in data/ folder.'
+        . "\n"
+    );
 }
 set_include_path(
     get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR
@@ -24,7 +36,6 @@ set_include_path(
 );
 
 // 1 // First requirements part (before debug management)
-$datadir = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../data/';
 require_once $datadir . '/config.default.php';
 require_once $datadir . '/config.php';
 
diff --git a/tests/TagsCacheTest.php b/tests/TagsCacheTest.php
index 9097bcb..84f4ec0 100644
--- a/tests/TagsCacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/TagsCacheTest.php
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ class TagsCacheTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     protected function setUp()
     {
-        global $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname, $dbport, $dbpersist, $dbtype, $tableprefix, $TEMPLATES_DIR, $debugMode;
-        require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src/SemanticScuttle/header.php';
-
         $this->us =SemanticScuttle_Service_Factory::get('User');
         $this->bs =SemanticScuttle_Service_Factory::get('Bookmark');
         $this->bs->deleteAll();
diff --git a/tests/prepare.php b/tests/prepare.php
index ce9cd1c..6afc284 100644
--- a/tests/prepare.php
+++ b/tests/prepare.php
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
 $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'http://localhost/';
 define('UNIT_TEST_MODE', true);
 
-require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src/SemanticScuttle/header.php';
+if ('@data_dir@' == '@' . 'data_dir@') {
+    //non pear-install
+    require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src/SemanticScuttle/header.php';
+} else {
+    //pear installation; files are in include path
+    require_once 'SemanticScuttle/header.php';
+}
 require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/TestBase.php';
 require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/TestBaseApi.php';
 
diff --git a/www/www-header.php b/www/www-header.php
index 0688b71..cc5a5ae 100644
--- a/www/www-header.php
+++ b/www/www-header.php
@@ -15,5 +15,11 @@
  * @license  GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
  * @link     http://sourceforge.net/projects/semanticscuttle
  */
-require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src/SemanticScuttle/header.php';
+if ('@data_dir@' == '@' . 'data_dir@') {
+    //non pear-install
+    require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src/SemanticScuttle/header.php';
+} else {
+    //pear installation; files are in include path
+    require_once 'SemanticScuttle/header.php';
+}
 ?>
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