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+= Rake 0.9.0 Released
+
+Rake version 0.9.0 has a number of bug fixes and enhancments (see
+below for more details).  Additionally, the internals have be slightly
+restructured and improved.
+
+== Changes
+
+=== New Features / Enhancements / Bug Fixes in Version 0.9.0
+
+* Rake now warns when the deprecated :needs syntax used (and suggests
+  the proper syntax in the warning).
+
+* Moved Rake DSL commands to top level ruby object 'main'.  Rake DSL
+  commands are no longer private methods in Object. (Suggested by
+  James M. Lawrence/quix)
+
+* Rake now uses case-insensitive comparisons to find the Rakefile on Windows.
+  Based on patch by Roger Pack.
+
+* Rake now requires (instead of loads) files in the test task.  Patch by Cezary
+  Baginski.
+
+* Fixed typos.  Patches by Sean Scot August Moon and R.T. Lechow.
+
+* Rake now prints the Rakefile directory only when it's different from the
+  current directory.  Patch by Alex Chaffee.
+
+* Improved rakefile_location discovery on Windows.  Patch by James Tucker.
+
+* Rake now recognizes "Windows Server" as a windows system.  Patch by Matthias
+  Lüdtke
+
+* Rake::RDocTask is deprecated.  Use RDoc::Task from RDoc 2.4.2+ (require
+  'rdoc/task')
+
+* Rake::GemPackageTask is deprecated.  Use Gem::PackageTask (require
+  'rubygems/package_task')
+
+* Rake now outputs various messages to $stderr instead of $stdout.
+
+* Rake no longer emits warnings for Config.  Patch by Santiago Pastorino.
+
+* Removed Rake's DSL methods from the top level scope.  If you need to
+  call 'task :xzy' in your code, include Rake::DSL into your class, or
+  put the code in a Rake::DSL.environment do ... end block.
+
+* Split rake.rb into individual files.
+
+* Support for the --where (-W) flag for showing where a task is defined.
+
+* Fixed quoting in test task.
+  (http://onestepback.org/redmine/issues/show/44,
+  http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/1223138)
+
+* Fixed the silent option parsing problem.
+  (http://onestepback.org/redmine/issues/show/47)
+
+* Fixed :verbose=>false flag on sh and ruby commands.
+
+* Rake command line options may be given by default in a RAKEOPT
+  environment variable.
+
+* Errors in Rake will now display the task invocation chain in effect
+  at the time of the error.
+
+* Accepted change by warnickr to not expand test patterns in shell
+  (allowing more files in the test suite).
+
+* Fixed that file tasks did not perform prereq lookups in scope
+  (Redmine #57).
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways. But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies. You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
+
+  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
+
+Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+GitHub::    git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git
+
+== Thanks
+
+As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes. The
+following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or made
+otherwise helpful comments.  Thanks to ...
+
+* James M. Lawrence (quix)
+* Roger Pack
+* Cezary Baginski
+* Sean Scot August Moon
+* R.T. Lechow
+* Alex Chaffee
+* James Tucker
+* Matthias Lüdtke
+* Santiago Pastorino
+
+Also, bit thanks to Eric Hodel for assisting with getting this release
+out the door (where "assisting" includes, but is not by any means
+limited to, "pushing" me to get it done).
+
+-- Jim Weirich