From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2004-11-26T19:39:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Automated ruby changelog parsing (to report only new changes since last install)

J. D. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What is the timezone used at ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/
> 
> Basically, I need to know if those timestamps are in the same timezone 
> used by the ruby changelog in cvs.
> 
> I suppose a true rubyist can probably whip up a ruby program in minutes 
> to automatically:
> 
> 1. getting date/time from:
>      ruby --version
> 
> 2. grab the latest 1.8 branch changelog from:
>     http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ChangeLog
> 
> 3. parsing and displaying ONLY the list of new changes contained latest 
> stable snapshot that are not in the currently installed ruby
> 
> 4. optionally emailing the report (daily, weekly, whatever)

Not sure, this is what you want:

http://www.ntecs.de/blog/Blog/RubyCVSCommitFeed.rdoc

The script is here:

http://www.ntecs.de/viewcvs/viewcvs/ChangeLog2RSS.cgi?rev=191&view=auto

Regards,

    Michael