What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of using Symfony as a Pear module?

Symfony as a Pear module can provide benefits such as easier installation and management of Symfony components within a project. However, drawbacks may include limited support and updates for the Pear package, as well as potential conflicts with other dependencies.

// Code snippet implementing Symfony as a Pear module
require_once 'System.php';
$pear = new System();
$pear->install('symfony/symfony');