The symfony project has announced the release of their latest version - 1.0.0 beta 2:

symfony 1.0.0 beta2 is completely compatible with beta1, so you don't need to launch the upgrade task if your project is already running on beta1.

Updates included with this release include:

• Better compatibility with PHP 5.0.X
• PEAR dependency has been removed
• New COPYRIGHT file and licenses/ directory
• Phing is now bundled with symfony