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Bug #26000 by Mike Gunderloy. + +Deprecation Notices: + +* Bulk index update is no longer supported (the code currently remains, but not + the tests) +* Gem::manage_gems was removed in 1.3.3. +* Time::today was removed in 1.3.3. + +=== 1.3.3 / 2009-05-04 + +New Features: + +* `gem server` allows port names (from /etc/services) with --port. +* `gem server` now has search that jumps to RDoc. Patch #22959 by Vladimir + Dobriakov. +* `gem spec` can retrieve single fields from a spec (like `gem spec rake + authors`). +* Gem::Specification#has_rdoc= is deprecated and ignored (defaults to true) +* RDoc is now generated regardless of Gem::Specification#has_rdoc? + +Bug Fixes: + +* `gem clean` now cleans up --user-install gems. Bug #25516 by Brett + Eisenberg. +* Gem.bin_path now escapes paths with spaces. +* Rake extension builder uses explicit correctly loads rubygems when invoking + rake. +* Prerelease versions now match "~>" correctly. Patch #25759 by Yossef + Mendelssohn. +* Check bindir for executables, not root when validating. Bug reported by + David Chelimsky. +* Remove Time.today, no way to override it before RubyGems loads. Bug #25564 + by Emanuele Vicentini +* Raise Gem::Exception for #installation_path when not installed. Bug #25741 + by Daniel Berger. +* Don't raise in Gem::Specification#validate when homepage is nil. Bug #25677 + by Mike Burrows. +* Uninstall executables from the correct directory. Bug #25555 by Brett + Eisenberg. +* Raise Gem::LoadError if Kernel#gem fails due to previously-loaded gem. Bug + reported by Alf Mikula. + +Deprecation Notices: + +* Gem::manage_gems has been removed. +* Time::today has been removed early. There was no way to make it warn and be + easy to override with user code. + +=== 1.3.2 / 2009-04-15 + +Select New Features: + +* RubyGems now loads plugins from rubygems_plugin.rb in installed gems. + This can be used to add commands (See Gem::CommandManager) or add + install/uninstall hooks (See Gem::Installer and Gem::Uninstaller). +* Gem::Version now understands prerelease versions using letters. (eg. + '1.2.1.b') Thanks to Josh Susser, Alex Vollmer and Phil Hagelberg. +* RubyGems now includes a Rake task for creating gems which replaces rake's + Rake::GemPackageTask. See Gem::PackageTask. +* Gem::find_files now returns paths in $LOAD_PATH. +* Added Gem::promote_load_path for use with Gem::find_files +* Added Gem::bin_path to make finding executables easier. Patch #24114 by + James Tucker. +* Various improvements to build arguments for installing gems. +* `gem contents` added --all and --no-prefix. +* Gem::Specification + * #validate strips directories and errors on not-files. + * #description no longer removes newlines. + * #name must be a String. + * FIXME and TODO are no longer allowed in various fields. + * Added support for a license attribute. Feature #11041 (partial). + * Removed Gem::Specification::list, too much process growth. Bug #23668 by + Steve Purcell. +* `gem generate_index` + * Can now generate an RSS feed. + * Modern indicies can now be updated incrementally. + * Legacy indicies can be updated separately from modern. + +Select Bugs Fixed: + +* Better gem activation error message. Patch #23082. +* Kernel methods are now private. Patch #20801 by James M. Lawrence. +* Fixed various usability issues with `gem check`. +* `gem update` now rescues InstallError and continues. Bug #19268 by Gabriel + Wilkins. +* Allow 'https', 'file' as a valid schemes for --source. Patch #22485. +* `gem install` + * Now removes existing path before installing. Bug #22837. + * Uses Gem::bin_path in executable stubs to work around Kernel#load bug in + 1.9. + * Correctly handle build args (after --) via the API. Bug #23210. +* --user-install + * `gem install --no-user-install` now works. Patch #23573 by Alf Mikula. + * `gem uninstall` can now uninstall from ~/.gem. Bug #23760 by Roger Pack. +* setup.rb + * Clarify RubyGems RDoc installation location. Bug #22656 by Gian Marco + Gherardi. + * Allow setup to run from read-only location. Patch #21862 by Luis Herrera. + * Fixed overwriting ruby executable when BASERUBY was not set. Bug #24958 + by Michael Soulier. + * Ensure we're in a RubyGems dir when installing. + * Deal with extraneous quotation mark when autogenerating .bat file on MS + Windows. Bug #22712. + +Deprecation Notices: + +* Gem::manage_gems has been removed. +* Time::today will be removed in RubyGems 1.4. + +Special thanks to Chad Wooley for backwards compatibility testing and Luis +Lavena and Daniel Berger for continuing windows support. + +=== 1.3.1 / 2008-10-28 + +Bugs fixed: + +* Disregard ownership of ~ under Windows while creating ~/.gem. Fixes + issues related to no uid support under Windows. +* Fix requires for Gem::inflate, Gem::deflate, etc. +* Make Gem.dir respect :gemhome value from config. (Note: this feature may be + removed since it is hard to implement on 1.9.) +* Kernel methods are now private. Patch #20801 by James M. Lawrence. +* Gem::location_of_caller now behaves on Windows. Patch by Daniel Berger. +* Silence PATH warning. + +Deprecation Notices: + +* Gem::manage_gems will be removed on or after March 2009. + +=== 1.3.0 / 2008-09-25 + +New features: + +* RubyGems doesn't print LOCAL/REMOTE titles for `gem query` and friends if + stdout is not a TTY, except with --both. +* Added Gem.find_files, allows a gem to discover features provided by other + gems. +* Added pre/post (un)install hooks for packagers of RubyGems. (Not for gems + themselves). +* RubyGems now installs gems into ~/.gem if GEM_HOME is not writable. Use + --no-user-install command-line switch to disable this behavior. +* Fetching specs for update now uses If-Modified-Since requests. +* RubyGems now updates the ri cache when the rdoc gem is installed and + documentation is generated. + +Deprecation Notices: + +* Gem::manage_gems now warns when called. It will be removed on or after March + 2009. + +Bugs Fixed: + +* RubyGems 1.3.0+ now updates when no previous rubygems-update is installed. + Bug #20775 by Hemant Kumar. +* RubyGems now uses the regexp we already have for `gem list --installed`. Bug + #20876 by Nick Hoffman. +* Platform is now forced to Gem::Platform::RUBY when nil or blank in the + indexer. Fixes various uninstallable gems. +* Handle EINVAL on seek. Based on patch in bug #20791 by Neil Wilson. +* Fix HTTPS support. Patch #21072 by Alex Arnell. +* RubyGems now loads all cache files even if latest has been loaded. Bug + #20776 by Uwe Kubosch. +* RubyGems checks for support of development dependencies for #to_ruby. Bug + #20778 by Evan Weaver. +* Now specifications from the future can be loaded. +* Binary script uninstallation fixed. Bug #21234 by Neil Wilson. +* Uninstallation with -i fixed. Bug #20812 by John Clayton. +* Gem::Uninstaller#remove_all now calls Gem::Uninstaller#uninstall_gem so hooks + get called. Bug #21242 by Neil Wilson. +* Gem.ruby now properly escaped on windows. Fixes problem with extension + compilation. +* `gem lock --strict` works again. Patch #21814 by Sven Engelhardt. +* Platform detection for Solaris was improved. Patch #21911 by Bob Remeika. + +Other Changes Include: + +* `gem help install` now describes _version_ argument to executable stubs +* `gem help environment` describes environment variables and ~/.gemrc and + /etc/gemrc +* On-disk gemspecs are now read in UTF-8 and written with a UTF-8 magic comment +* Rakefile + * If the SETUP_OPTIONS environment variable is set, pass its contents as + arguments to setup.rb +* lib/rubygems/platform.rb + * Remove deprecated constant warnings and really deprecate them. (WIN32, + etc). +* lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb + * Now uses ~/.gem/cache if the cache dir in GEM_HOME is not writable. +* lib/rubygems/source_index.rb + * Deprecate options to 'search' other than Gem::Dependency instances and + issue warning until November 2008. +* setup.rb + * --destdir folder structure now built using Pathname, so it works for + Windows platforms. +* test/* + * Fixes to run tests when under test/rubygems/. Patch by Yusuke ENDOH + [ruby-core:17353]. +* test/test_ext_configure_builder.rb + * Locale-free patch by Yusuke Endoh [ruby-core:17444]. + +=== 1.2.0 / 2008-06-21 + +New features: + +* RubyGems no longer performs bulk updates and instead only fetches the gemspec + files it needs. Alternate sources will need to upgrade to RubyGems 1.2 to + allow RubyGems to take advantage of the new metadata updater. If a pre 1.2 + remote source is in the sources list, RubyGems will revert to the bulk update + code for compatibility. +* RubyGems now has runtime and development dependency types. Use + #add_development_dependency and #add_runtime_dependency. All typeless + dependencies are considered to be runtime dependencies. +* RubyGems will now require rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb and + rubygems/defaults/#{RBX_ENGINE}.rb if they exist. This allows packagers and + ruby implementers to add custom behavior to RubyGems via these files. (If + the RubyGems API is insufficient, please suggest improvements via the + RubyGems list.) +* /etc/gemrc (and windows equivalent) for global settings +* setup.rb now handles --vendor and --destdir for packagers +* `gem stale` command that lists gems by last access time + +Bugs Fixed: + +* File modes from gems are now honored, patch #19737 +* Marshal Gem::Specification objects from the future can now be loaded. +* A trailing / is now added to remote sources when missing, bug #20134 +* Gems with legacy platforms will now be correctly uninstalled, patch #19877 +* `gem install --no-wrappers` followed by `gem install --wrappers` no longer + overwrites executables +* `gem pristine` now forces reinstallation of gems, bug #20387 +* RubyGems gracefully handles ^C while loading .gemspec files from disk, bug + #20523 +* Paths are expanded in more places, bug #19317, bug #19896 +* Gem::DependencyInstaller resets installed gems every install, bug #19444 +* Gem.default_path is now honored if GEM_PATH is not set, patch #19502 + +Other Changes Include: + +* setup.rb + * stub files created by RubyGems 0.7.x and older are no longer removed. When + upgrading from these ancient versions, upgrade to 1.1.x first to clean up + stubs. + * RDoc is no longer required until necessary, patch #20414 +* `gem server` + * Now completely matches the output of `gem generate_index` and + has correct content types + * Refreshes from source directories for every hit. The server will no longer + need to be restarted after installing gems. +* `gem query --details` and friends now display author, homepage, rubyforge url + and installed location +* `gem install` without -i no longer reinstalls dependencies if they are in + GEM_PATH but not in GEM_HOME +* Gem::RemoteFetcher now performs persistent connections for HEAD requests, + bug #7973 + +=== 1.1.1 / 2008-04-11 + +Bugs Fixed: + +* Gem.prefix now returns non-nil only when RubyGems was installed outside + sitelibdir or libdir. +* The `gem server` gem list now correctly links to gem details. +* `gem update --system` now passes --no-format-executable to setup.rb. +* Gem::SourceIndex#refresh! now works with multiple gem repositories. +* Downloaded gems now go into --install-dir's cache directory. +* Various fixes to downloading gem metadata. +* `gem install --force` now ignores network errors too. +* `gem pristine` now rebuilds extensions. +* `gem update --system` now works on virgin Apple ruby. +* Gem::RemoteFetcher handles Errno::ECONNABORTED. +* Printing of release notes fixed. + +=== 1.1.0 / 2008-03-29 + +New features: + +* RubyGems now uses persistent connections on index updates. Index updates are + much faster now. +* RubyGems only updates from a latest index by default, cutting candidate gems + for updates to roughly 1/4 (at present). Index updates are even faster + still. + * `gem list -r` may only show the latest version of a gem, add --all to see + all gems. +* `gem spec` now extracts specifications from .gem files. +* `gem query --installed` to aid automation of checking for gems. + +Bugs Fixed: + +* RubyGems works with both Config and RbConfig now. +* Executables are now cleaned upon uninstall. +* You can now uninstall from a particular directory. +* Updating from non-default sources fixed. +* Executable stubs now use ruby install name in shebang. +* `gem unpack` checks every directory in Gem.path now. +* `gem install` now exits with non-zero exit code when appropriate. +* `gem update` only updates gems that need updates. +* `gem update` doesn't force remote-only updates. +* `gem update` handles dependencies properly when updating. +* Gems are now loaded in Gem.path order. +* Gem stub scripts on windows now work outside Gem.bindir. +* `gem sources -r` now works without network access. + +Other Changes Include: + +* RubyGems now requires Ruby > 1.8.3. +* Release notes are now printed upon installation. +* `gem env path` now prints a usable path. +* `gem install` reverts to local-only installation upon network error. +* Tar handling code refactoring and cleanup. +* Gem::DependencyInstaller's API has changed. + +For a full list of changes to RubyGems, see the ChangeLog file. + +=== 1.0.1 / 2007-12-20 + +Bugs Fixed: + +* Installation on Ruby 1.8.3 through 1.8.5 fixed +* `gem build` on 1.8.3 fixed + +Other Changes Include: + +* Since RubyGems 0.9.5, RubyGems is no longer supported on Ruby 1.8.2 or older, + this is official in RubyGems 1.0.1. + +=== 1.0.0 / 2007-12-20 + +Major New Features Include: + +* RubyGems warns about various problems with gemspecs during gem building +* More-consistent versioning for the RubyGems software + +Other Changes Include: + +* Fixed various bugs and problems with installing gems on Windows +* Fixed using `gem server` for installing gems +* Various operations are even more verbose with --verbose +* Built gems are now backwards compatible with 0.9.4 +* Improved detection of RUBYOPT loading rubygems +* `ruby setup.rb` now has a --help option +* Gem::Specification#bindir is now respected on installation +* Executable stubs can now be installed to match ruby's name, so if ruby is + installed as 'ruby18', foo_exec will be installed as 'foo_exec18' +* `gem unpack` can now unpack into a specific directory with --target +* OpenSSL is no longer required by default + +Deprecations and Deletions: + +* Kernel#require_gem has been removed +* Executables without a shebang will not be wrapped in a future version, this + may cause such executables to fail to operate on installation +* Gem::Platform constants other than RUBY and CURRENT have been removed +* Gem::RemoteInstaller was removed +* Gem::Specification#test_suite_file and #test_suite_file= are deprecated in + favor of #test_file and #test_file= +* Gem::Specification#autorequire= has been deprecated +* Time::today will be removed in a future version + +=== 0.9.5 / 2007-11-19 + +Major New Features Include: + +* Platform support +* Automatic installation of platform gems +* New bandwidth and memory friendlier index file format +* "Offline" mode (--no-update-sources) +* Bulk update threshold can be specified (-B, --bulk-threshold) +* New `gem fetch` command +* `gem` now has "really verbose" output when you specify -v +* Improved stubs and `gem.bat` on mswin, including better compatiblity + with the One-Click Installer. + +Other Changes Include: + +* Time::today is deprecated and will be removed at a future date +* Gem::manage_gems is deprecated and will be removed at a future date +* `gem install --include-dependencies` (-y) is now deprecated since it is the + default, use --ignore-dependencies to turn off automatic dependency + installation +* Multi-version diamond dependencies only are installed once +* Processing a YAML bulk index update takes less memory +* `gem install -i` makes sure all depenencies are installed +* `gem update --system` reinstalls into the prefix it was originally installed + in +* `gem update --system` respects --no-rdoc and --no-ri flags +* HTTP basic authentication support for proxies +* Gem::Specification#platforms should no longer be a String, use + Gem::Platform::CURRENT when building binary gems instead +* `gem env` has more diagnostic information +* require 'rubygems' loads less code +* sources.gem is gone, RubyGems now uses built-in defaults +* `gem install --source` will no longer add --source by default, use `gem + sources --add` to make it a permanent extra source +* `gem query` (list) no longer prints details by default +* Exact gem names are matched in various places +* mkrf extensions are now supported +* A gem can depend on a specific RubyGems version +* `gem_server` is now `gem server` +* `gemlock` is now `gem lock` +* `gem_mirror` is now `gem mirror` +* `gemwhich` is now `gem which` +* `gemri` is no longer included with RubyGems +* `index_gem_repository.rb` is now `gem generate_index` +* `gem` performs more validation of parameters +* Custom rdoc styles are now supported +* Gem indexer no longer removes quick index during index creation +* Kernel#require only rescues a LoadError for the file being required now +* `gem dependencies` can now display some information for remote gems +* Updating RubyGems now works with RUBYOPT=-rubygems + +Special thanks to: + +* Daniel Berger +* Luis Lavena +* Tom Copeland +* Wilson Bilkovich + +=== 0.9.4 / 2007-05-23 + +If you are experiencing problems with the source index (e.g. strange +"No Method" errors), or problems with zlib (e.g. "Buffer Error" +messsage), we recommend upgrading to RubyGems 0.9.4. + +Bug Fixes Include: + +* Several people have been experiencing problems with no method errors + on the source index cache. The source index cache is now a bit more + self healing. Furthermore, if the source index cache is + irreparable, then it is automatically dropped and reloaded. +* The source cache files may now be dropped with the "gem sources + --clear-all" command. (This command may require root is the system + source cache is in a root protected area). +* Several sub-commands were accidently dropped from the "gem" command. + These commands have been restored. + +=== 0.9.3 / 2007-05-10 + +Bug Fixes Include: + +The ZLib library on Windows will occasionally complains about a buffer error +when unpacking gems. The Gems software has a workaround for that problem, but +the workaround was only enabled for versions of ZLib 1.2.1 or earlier. We +have received several reports of the error occuring with ZLib 1.2.3, so we +have permanently enabled the work around on all versions. + +=== 0.9.2 / 2007-02-05 + +Bug Fixes Include: + +* The "unpack" command now works properly. +* User name and password are now passed properly to the authenticating + proxy when downloading gems. + +=== 0.9.1 / 2007-01-16 + +See ChangeLog + +=== 0.9.0 / 2006-06-28 + +Finally, the much anticipated RubyGems version 0.9.0 is now available. +This release includes a number of new features and bug fixes. The +number one change is that we can now download the gem index +incrementally. This will greatly speed up the gem command when only a +few gems are out of date. + +Major Enhancments include: + +* The gem index is now downloaded incrementally, only updating entries + that are out of date. If more than 50 entries are out of date, we + revert back to a bulk download. +* Several patches related to allowing RubyGems to work with + authenticating proxies (from Danie Roux and Anatol Pomozov). Just + put the user and password in the proxy URL (e.g. -p + http://user:password@proxy.address.com:8080) or use the + HTTP_PROXY_USER and HTTP_PROXY_PASS environment variables. +* The gem unpack command can now accept a file path rather than just a + install gem name. +* Both RI and RDOC documents are now generated by default. +* A gemri command is included to read gem RI docs (only needed for + Ruby 1.8.4 or earlier). + +Minor enhancements include: + +* Verison 0.0.0 is now a valid gem version. +* Better detection of missing SSL functionality. +* SSL is not required if the security policy does not require + signature checking. +* Rake built extensions are now supported (Tilman Sauerbeck). +* Several autorequire bug fixes. +* --traceback is now an alias for --backtrace (I can never remember + which one it is). +* SAFE=1 compatibility fixes. +* .rbw is now a supported suffix for RubyGem's custom require. +* Several Ruby 1.9 compatibility fixes (Eric Hodel). + +Bug Fixes: + +* Added dashes to gemspecs generated in Ruby 1.8.3. This solves some + cross-Ruby version compatibility issues. +* Fixed bug where the wrong executables could be uninstalled (Eric + Hodel). +* Fixed bug where gem unpack occasionally unpacked the wrong gem. +* Fixed bug where a fatal error occured when permissions on .gemrc + were too restrictive (reported by Luca Pireddu). +* Fixed prefix handling for native expressions (patch by Aaron Patterson). +* Fixed several Upgrade => Update typos. + +=== 0.8.11 / 2005-07-13 + +* -y is a synonym for --include-dependencies. +* Better handling of errors in the top level rescue clause. +* Package list command (e.g. gem inspect GEM). +* .gemrc now allows cvsrc-like options to set defaults per subcommand. +* The autorequire gem spec field will now accept a list. +* Substituted Time for Date in specs, increasing performance + dramatically. +* Fixed reported bug of gem directories ending in "-" (reported by + Erik Hatcher). +* Fixed but in installer that caused dependency installation to not + work. +* Added Paul Duncan's gem signing patch. +* Added Mark Hubbart's Framework patch (for better integration with OS + X). +* Added David Glasser's install-from-mirror patch. +* Additional internal structural cleanup and test reorganization. + +=== 0.8.10 / 2005-03-27 + +* In multi-user environments, it is common to supply mulitple versions of gems + (for example Rails), allowing individual users to select the version of the + gem they desire. This allows a user to be insulated from updates to that + gem. RubyGems 0.8.10 fixes a problem where gems could occasionally become + confused about the current versions of libraries selected by the user. +* The other annoying bug is that if there are any existing rubygems-update gems + installed, then the "gem update --system" command will download a new + update, but install the latest update prior to the download. + +=== 0.8.9 + +Never released + +=== 0.8.8 / 2005-03-14 + +* Moved the master definition of class Requirement back under version. + Kept the body of Requirement under Gem. + +=== 0.8.7 / 2005-03-14 + +Even though it has only been a few weeks since that last release, +there are quite a number of new features in 0.8.7. A complete list of +new features will be given below, but here is a summary of the hot +items. + +* The bug that prevented some users from installing rails has been + squashed. A big thanks to Bill Guindon (aGorilla) for helping track + that one down. + +There are several new commands available on the gem command: + +* gem cleanup GEMNAME -- Cleanup (uninstall) all the old versions of + gem. If the gem name is omitted, the entire repository is cleaned. +* gem dependency GEMNAME -- Show the dependencies for the named gems. + This is really helpful when trying to figure out what gem needs what + other gem. + +There changes to the existing commands as well. + +* gem uninstall is much smarter about removing gems from the + repository. Lists of gems are now uninstalled in proper dependency + order (ie. if A depends on B, A is uninstalled first). Also, + warnings about broken dependencies occur only when removing the + *last* gem that supports a dependency is removed. + +Both gem install and gem uninstall support some new command line +options that can reduce the amount of yes/no queries given the user. +For install we have: + +* --ignore-dependencies -- Only install requests gems, no + dependendecies are automatically installed. +* --include-dependencies -- Automatically install dependencies, + without confirmation. + +For gem uninstall, the new options are: + +* --all -- Uninstall all matching gems without confirmation. +* --ignore-dependencies -- Uninstall, even if dependencies are broken. +* --executables -- Remove executables without confirmation + +Under general cleanup, gems will not, by default, run RDoc on packages +that do not have the RDoc flag set. + +And finally there is a new library file 'gemconfigure' to aid in +writing version sensitive applications (without undue dependencies on +RubyGems); and 'gemwhich', a short script to locate libraries in the +file system. You can read more about them here: + +* gemconfigure: http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/4#page73 +* gemwhich: http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/17 + +=== 0.8.6 / 2005-02-27 + +* Fixed a small bug with shebang construction + +=== 0.8.5 / 2005-02-26 + +Do you know how you used to dread getting the following message while +installing gems? + + Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org + +It could take up to 30 seconds (on my machine, even worse on others) for +that crazy source index to update. + +This latest release of RubyGems speeds that wait time up considerably. +The following table gives the following times for installing RedCloth +with a required source index update on three system we had available to +us. No RDoc generation was included in the following times. + + RubyGems Linux Mac OSX Windows + 0.8.4 33 secs 73 secs 58 secs + 0.8.5 8 secs 14 secs 21 secs + +The new caching code is at least 3x faster than previous versions. Woo +Hoo! + +=== 0.8.4 / 2005-01-01 + +* Rubygems 0.8.3's installer was broken unless you already had an older + version of RubyGems installed. That's fixed. +* Change in the way Gem::Specification internally deals with lazy attributes + and defaults, bringing (with some loadpath_manager changes) a fairly + significant increase in speed. +* Support for lower-cased Gem file names (for you, Paul Duncan :) +* Erik Veenstra's patch for making Gem versions sortable. + +=== 0.8.3 / 2004-12-07 + +No real earth shattering news here, but there were a number of really +annoying issues involving other libraries that RubyGems depends upon. +0.8.3 contains some workarounds for these issues. In particular: + +* Added workaround for the null byte in Dir string issue. (see + http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/121702). + (Thanks to Mauricio Fernández for the quick response on this one). +* Added workaround for old version of Zlib on windows that caused + Ruwiki to fail to install. (see + http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/121770) +* Added workaround for large YAML file issues. (We dynamically cut + down the size of the source index YAML file and seem to have worked + around immediate issues. + +There has been some minor usability enhancements and changes ... + +* A user specific source index cache can be used when the site-wide + cache is unwritable (i.e. because you are running as a non-admin). + This *greatly* speeds up gem commands run in non-admin mode when the + site-wide cache is out of date. +* The gem command now used an HTTP HEAD command to detect if the + server's source index needs to be downloaed. +* gem check gemname --test will run unit tests on installed gems that + have unit tests. +* Multiple gem names are allowed on the gem install command line. + This means you can do: + + gem install rake rails needle postgres-pr pimki + + (Ok, you get the idea) +* Multiple authors my be specified in a Gem spec. +* Switched to using setup.rb (rather than a custom install script) for + the installation of RubyGems itself. If you have installed RubyGems + before, double check the installation instructions and make sure you + use setup.rb instead of install.rb. +* Ryan Davis has provided a patch so you can use an env variable + (GEM_SKIP), to tell loadpath_manager not to load gems of those + names. This was useful for him while testing libs that he had in + development. + +=== 0.8.1 / 2009-09-14 + +* Quick release to capture some bug fixes. + +=== 0.8.0 / 2009-09-12 + +* Remove need for library stubs. Set the RUBYOPT environment variable to + include "rrubygems", and a normal require will find gem files. Continue to + use 'require_gem gem_name, version' to specify gem versions. +* Deprecated "test_suite_file" gemspec attribute in favor of "test_files" array. +* Generates rdoc by default on installs. +* Adopted tar/gzip file format, thanks to Mauricio Fernandez. +* "gem rdoc" allows generation of rdoc after gem installation (will add a "gem + test" +* Application stubs can now accept an optional parameter of _VERSION_ that will + run an arbitrary version of the application requested. +* Various bug fixes +* Various platform-independency improvements +* "gem spec --all" displays spec info for all installed version of a given gem. +* Dynamic caching of sources +* Support for user-definable sources on the command line (thanks Assaph Mehr) +* More intelligent support for platform-dependent gems. Use Platform::CURRENT + when building a gem to set its platform to the one you're building on. + Installation displays a choice of platform-dependent gems, allowing the user + to pick. +* Added "gem unpack" for "unpacking" a gem to the current directory + +=== 0.7.0 / 2004-07-09 + +See ChangeLog + +=== 0.6.0 / 2004-06-08 + +* Collapse output of --search and --list (and gem_server) operations so that + each gem is listed only once, with each of its versions listed on the same + line. +* bin/gem: new --upgrade-all option allows one to upgrade every installed gem +* new #required_ruby_version attribute added to gem specification for + specifying a dependency on which version of ruby the gem needs. Format it + accepts is the same as the Gem::Version::Requirement format: + + spec.required_ruby_version = "> 1.8.0" +* --install-stub defaults to true, so library stubs are created + +=== 0.5.0 / 2004-06-06 + +* Jim added the ability to specify version constraints to avoid API + incompatibilities. This has been the subject of much debate for the past + couple of months, with many ideas and code contributed by Eivind Eklund and + Mauricio Fernandez. The following set of assertions shows how it works: + + assert_inadequate("1.3", "~> 1.4") + assert_adequate( "1.4", "~> 1.4") + assert_adequate( "1.5", "~> 1.4") + assert_inadequate("2.0", "~> 1.4") # This one is key--the new operator + # disallows major version number + # differences. +* Group gem search output when multiple versions exist for a given gem: + + activerecord (0.7.8, 0.7.7, 0.7.6, 0.7.5) + Implements the ActiveRecord pattern for ORM. +* Add arbitrary RDoc-able files via gemspec (not just Ruby source files) for + people who have, for example, README.rdoc in their distributions. Add to + gemspec via: spec.extra_rdoc_files = ["list", "of", "files"]. Ruby files are + automatically included. +* Some small bug fixes + +=== 0.4.0 / 2004-05-31 + +* Minor bug fixes including Windows compatability issues + +=== 0.3.0 / 2004-04-30 + +* Cleanup of command-line arguments and handling. Most commands accept a + --local or --remote modifier. +* Creation of Application Gems (packages that include executable programs). + See http://rubygems.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?DeveloperGuide for information + on how to use it. +* Basic functionality for installing binary gems from source (:extensions + property of gem specification holds an array of paths to extconf.rb files to + be used for compilation) +* Install library "stub" allowing a normal 'require' to work (which then does + the rubygems require and 'require_gem' +* --run-tests runs the test suite specified by the "test_suite_file" property + of a gem specification +* HTTP Proxy support works. Rewrite of HTTP code. +* Unit and functional tests added (see Rakefile). +* Prompt before remote-installing dependencies during gem installation. +* Config file for storing preferences for 'gem' command usage. +* Generally improved error messages (still more work to do) +* Rearranged gem directory structure for cleanliness. + +=== 0.2.0 / 2004-03-14 + +* Initial public release + |