RubyGems Beta 0.9.0.9

drbrain@segment7.net (Eric Hodel) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:28:33 -0800

Beta version 0.9.0.9 is now available with:

gem update --system --source http://onestepback.org/betagems

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- new gem outdated command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.

Segment7: RubyGems Beta 0.9.0.9

RubyGems Beta 0.9.0.9

Upgrade note

What’s new since 0.9.0?

New since beta 0.9.0.8