Ruby 1.8.6 preview2 has been released

Hi,

I am pleased to announce that the second preview of Ruby
1.8.6 has
been released.  The new version of Ruby includes many bug
fixes,
feature enhancements and some performance improvements since
1.8.5
while maintaining stability and backward compatibility with
the
previous release to a high degree.

The source code tarball is available at the following
location:

	ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6-preview2.ta
r.gz

Checksums:
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Please test it out and drop us a report if you find any
problem.

The final release is expected on next Saturday unless a
serious
problem arises.

Regards,

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"Different eyes see different things,
    Different hearts beat on different strings --
       But there are times for you and me when all such
things agree"

On 2/24/07, Akinori MUSHA <knuidaemons.org> wrote:

> Please test it out and drop us a report if you find any
problem.

The attached patch against the ruby_1_8_6 branch fixes a few
compiler
warnings about pointer signedness mismatches when compiling
on Mac OS
X.

On 2/24/07, Akinori MUSHA <knuidaemons.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am pleased to announce that the second preview of
Ruby 1.8.6 has
> been released.  The new version of Ruby includes many
bug fixes,
> feature enhancements and some performance improvements
since 1.8.5
> while maintaining stability and backward compatibility
with the
> previous release to a high degree.

It looks like you've altered fu_check_options in
fileutils.rb, which
breaks rake 0.7.1. Be prepared for howls from the rails
community.

djbergeimperator:~/workspace/ruby_test> rake test_array
--trace
(in /home/djberge/workspace/ruby_test)
** Invoke test_array (first_time)
** Execute test_array
rake aborted!
wrong number of arguments (3 for 2)
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:725:
in
`fu_check_options'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:725:
in `sh'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:812:
in `sh'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:747:
in `ruby'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:812:
in `ruby'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake/testtas
k.rb:117:in `define'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:831:
in `verbose'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake/testtas
k.rb:102:in `define'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `call'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `execute'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `each'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `execute'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:357:
in `invoke'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:
in `synchronize'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:
in `invoke'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906
:in `run'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906
:in `each'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906
:in `run'
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/bin/rake:7
/opt/test/bin/rake:16:in `load'
/opt/test/bin/rake:16

Regards,

Dan

Beta versions of rake from 0.7.1.5 on no longer rely on
fu_check_options (b/c it was always supposed to be internal
only):

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rake-devel/2006
-October/000243.html

I stumbled over this a few weeks ago.  There will certainly
be some
anguished cries, though, amongst people who haven't
upgraded,
especially if the non-broken version of rake remains in beta
when the
1.8.6 release goes official.

On 2/26/07, Daniel Berger <djberg96gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/24/07, Akinori MUSHA <knuidaemons.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am pleased to announce that the second preview
of Ruby 1.8.6 has
> > been released.  The new version of Ruby includes
many bug fixes,
> > feature enhancements and some performance
improvements since 1.8.5
> > while maintaining stability and backward
compatibility with the
> > previous release to a high degree.
>
> It looks like you've altered fu_check_options in
fileutils.rb, which
> breaks rake 0.7.1. Be prepared for howls from the rails
community.
>
> djbergeimperator:~/workspace/ruby_test> rake test_array
--trace
> (in /home/djberge/workspace/ruby_test)
> ** Invoke test_array (first_time)
> ** Execute test_array
> rake aborted!
> wrong number of arguments (3 for 2)
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:725:
in
> `fu_check_options'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:725:
in `sh'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:812:
in `sh'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:747:
in `ruby'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:812:
in `ruby'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake/testtas
k.rb:117:in `define'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:831:
in `verbose'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake/testtas
k.rb:102:in `define'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `call'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `execute'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `each'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:
in `execute'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:357:
in `invoke'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:
in `synchronize'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:
in `invoke'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906
:in `run'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906
:in `each'
>
/opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906
:in `run'
> /opt/test/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/bin/rake:7
> /opt/test/bin/rake:16:in `load'
> /opt/test/bin/rake:16
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
>

At Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:37:37 +0900,
Ryan Waldron wrote:
> Beta versions of rake from 0.7.1.5 on no longer rely
on
> fu_check_options (b/c it was always supposed to be
internal only):
> 
> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rake-devel/2006
-October/000243.html
> 
> I stumbled over this a few weeks ago.  There will
certainly be some
> anguished cries, though, amongst people who haven't
upgraded,
> especially if the non-broken version of rake remains in
beta when the
> 1.8.6 release goes official.
> 
> On 2/26/07, Daniel Berger <djberg96gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/24/07, Akinori MUSHA <knuidaemons.org> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am pleased to announce that the second
preview of Ruby 1.8.6 has
> > > been released.  The new version of Ruby
includes many bug fixes,
> > > feature enhancements and some performance
improvements since 1.8.5
> > > while maintaining stability and backward
compatibility with the
> > > previous release to a high degree.
> >
> > It looks like you've altered fu_check_options in
fileutils.rb, which
> > breaks rake 0.7.1. Be prepared for howls from the
rails community.
(error messages snipped)

Thanks for the information, both of you.  I understand that
release
engineering is not just about code but is also achieved by
coordination with developers and related software projects.

I wrote a mail to the author of Rake to ask if he could
kindly release
a new version before the 1.8.6 final release goes out of the
door.

Let me wait for his answer, and I'll post a follow-up on
this later.

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                   / )  )  ) )  /     FreeBSD.org /
Ruby-lang.org
Akinori MUSHA aka / (_ /  ( (__(   iDaemons.org / and.or.jp

"Different eyes see different things,
    Different hearts beat on different strings --
       But there are times for you and me when all such
things agree"

On 2/25/07, Akinori MUSHA <knuidaemons.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am pleased to announce that the second preview of
Ruby 1.8.6 has
> been released.

Attached is a very small documentation-related patch for the
Base64
standard library class. The #b64encode method (probably
little-used)
was confusingly documented, and tripped me up at least
once.


Dave.

At Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:14:27 +0900,
Lyle Johnson wrote:
> The attached patch against the ruby_1_8_6 branch fixes
a few compiler
> warnings about pointer signedness mismatches when
compiling on Mac OS
> X.

Thanks, committed to ruby_1_8.

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"Different eyes see different things,
    Different hearts beat on different strings --
       But there are times for you and me when all such
things agree"

At Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:43:19 +0900,
David Symonds wrote:
> Attached is a very small documentation-related patch
for the Base64
> standard library class. The #b64encode method (probably
little-used)
> was confusingly documented, and tripped me up at least
once.

Indeed, committed to ruby_1_8.

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"Different eyes see different things,
    Different hearts beat on different strings --
       But there are times for you and me when all such
things agree"