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diff --git a/spec/ruby/README.md b/spec/ruby/README.md index eb652bafa8..a2fa5f0a9f 100644 --- a/spec/ruby/README.md +++ b/spec/ruby/README.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/eregon/spec-x948i) [](https://gitter.im/ruby/spec) -The Ruby Spec Suite is a test suite for the behavior of the Ruby programming language. +The Ruby Spec Suite, abbreviated `ruby/spec`, is a test suite for the behavior of the Ruby programming language. It is not a standardized specification like the ISO one, and does not aim to become one. Instead, it is a practical tool to describe and test the behavior of Ruby with code. @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ under the MIT license in ruby/spec. ### History and RubySpec This project was originally born from [Rubinius](https://github.com/rubinius/rubinius) tests being converted to the spec style. +The revision history of these specs is available [here](https://github.com/ruby/spec/blob/2b886623/CHANGES.before-2008-05-10). These specs were later extracted to their own project, RubySpec, with a specific vision and principles. At the end of 2014, Brian Shirai, the creator of RubySpec, decided to [end RubySpec](http://rubinius.com/2014/12/31/matz-s-ruby-developers-don-t-use-rubyspec/). A couple months later, the different repositories were merged and [the project was revived](http://eregon.github.io/rubyspec/2015/07/29/rubyspec-is-reborn.html). |