RubyGems Beta 0.9.0.9

Eric Hodel | Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:28:33 GMT

Posted in Ruby, Rubygems, Software

Beta version 0.9.0.9 is now available with:

This will be the last beta with major changes before the release of 0.9.1.

Upgrade note

While require_gem was deprecated in 0.9.0, the bin stubs are still using it (oops!). To get rid of the warnings printed by rake or other bin stubs simply run gem pristine --all.

What’s new since 0.9.0?

Lots! Many changes both big and small! Here’s an incomplete summary:

• require_gem is deprecated and will print a warning. Use gem instead.
• RubyGems now requires ruby 1.8.2 or greater.
• gem command changes
  • new gem pristine command
  • new gem outdated command
  • new gem sources command
  • gem uninstall can uninstall multiple gems
  • gem install uses the cache instead of downloading
  • gem install returns non-zero exit code on failure
  • gem install can now set shebang on bin stubs (env or ruby)
  • gem help output now fits in 80 columns
• now -w clean
• many proxy installation improvements
• gem cert improvements
• RubyGems is now easier to use as a library
  • Easier programatic installs
  • Easier inspection of local and remote gems
• extension building enhancements
• error reporting enhancements (less odd exceptions)
• many bugs fixed or closed (0 bugs in tracker!)
• require now loads .jar files
• select bug fixes:
  • installing from scratch fixed
  • gem install --force forces
  • installing from read-only location works
  • gem uninstall requires full name
  • gem install obeys GEM_HOME for bin scripts
  • RubyGems now installs on ruby 1.9

New since beta 0.9.0.8

• fixed issue with Gem::Specification#hash for JRuby
• RubyGems now installs RDoc and ri for itself
• RubyGems is now tab-free
• require_gem warning prints file and line information

For full details, read the ChangeLog.

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