From: richard lyman <lymans@...>
Date: 2004-07-22T08:38:03+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14_RC5 (from Ruby 1.8.2 preview1)

Curt,

   I have done absolutely no research, so feel free to respond by
telling me to do my research ;-) ...

   There's been a lot of talk lately about Oniguruma.

   How does it tie into the Windows Installer? Is it there - can we
use it? Is it the default? Can it just be 'installed' - or does
someone (not me, I don't know how to yet) have to compile it before it
can be installed?

   Is 'the standard regexp library problem' even a problem?

   Are there any other licensing 'problems' that come about from
what's in the One-click Installer?

Thanks a ton for any response you can give!
-Rich


On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:37:58 +0900, Curt Hibbs <curt@hibbs.com> wrote:
> Today Matz released the official preview1 for Ruby 1.8.2. This release
> candidate of the Ruby Installer for Windows was built from this new
> preview1.
> 
> You can download this release candidate from:
> 
>   http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/
> 
> You can check for reported problems (or report new problems) at:
> 
>   http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=167
> 
> What is the Ruby Installer for Windows?
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> The Ruby Installer for Windows is a "one-click", self-contained Windows
> installer that contains the Ruby language itself, dozens of popular
> extensions and packages, a syntax-highlighting editor and execution
> environment, and a Windows help file that contains the full text of the
> book, "Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide".
> 
> Release 1.8.2-14:
> - This is a build of Ruby 1.8.2 preview1.
> - Changed the layout of the Windows registry
>   entries.
> - Fixed a typo in a windows registry entry
>   (bug 643).
> - Upgraded Expat to version 1.95.7
> - Upgraded Ruby-odbc to version 0.993
> - Upgraded DBI to 0.23
> - Upgraded FXRuby to version 1.0.29
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> PS
>   I know that I went from RC3 to RC5, skipping #4. It was a minor mistake on
> my part... such is life!  :-)
> 
>