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diff --git a/doc/rake/release_notes/rake-0.9.3.rdoc b/doc/rake/release_notes/rake-0.9.3.rdoc deleted file mode 100644 index 4476b4f184..0000000000 --- a/doc/rake/release_notes/rake-0.9.3.rdoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -= Rake 0.9.3 Released - -Rake version 0.9.3 contains some new, backwards compatible features and -a number of bug fixes. - -== Changes - -=== New Features - -* Multitask tasks now use a thread pool. Use -j to limit the number of - available threads. - -* Use -m to turn regular tasks into multitasks (use at your own risk). - -* You can now do "Rake.add_rakelib 'dir'" in your Rakefile to - programatically add rake task libraries. - -* You can specific backtrace suppression patterns (see - --supress-backtrace) - -* Directory tasks can now take prerequisites and actions - -* Use --backtrace to request a full backtrace without the task trace. - -* You can say "--backtrace=stdout" and "--trace=stdout" to route trace - output to standard output rather than standard error. - -* Optional 'phony' target (enable with 'require 'rake/phony'") for - special purpose builds. - -* Task#clear now clears task comments as well as actions and - prerequisites. Task#clear_comment will specifically target comments. - -* The --all option will force -T and -D to consider all the tasks, - with and without descriptions. - -=== Bug Fixes - -* Semi-colons in windows rakefile paths now work. - -* Improved Control-C support when invoking multiple test suites. - -* egrep method now reads files in text mode (better support for - Windows) - -* Better deprecation line number reporting. - -* The -W option now works with all tasks, whether they have a - description or not. - -* File globs in rake should not be sorted alphabetically, independent - of file system and platform. - -* Numerous internal improvements. - -* Documentation typos and fixes. - -== 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://github.com/jimweirich/rake -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 ... - -* Aaron Patterson -* Dylan Smith -* Jo Liss -* Jonas Pfenniger -* Kazuki Tsujimoto -* Michael Bishop -* Michael Elufimov -* NAKAMURA Usaku -* Ryan Davis -* Sam Grönblom -* Sam Phippen -* Sergio Wong -* Tay Ray Chuan -* grosser -* quix - -Also, many thanks to Eric Hodel for assisting with getting this release -out the door. - --- Jim Weirich |