From: David Chelimsky <dchelimsky@...>
Date: 2007-04-23T17:26:27+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Reports 1.0 RC1 (0.10.0)

FYI - Looks like builder is a dependency but is not installed during
'gem install ruport'.

Here's the error (below) I got when trying to run the line_plotter
example. After installing builder it worked like charm.

Cheers,
David

/opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- builder (LoadError)
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require'
        from line_plotter.rb:33:in `initialize'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruport-0.10.0/lib/ruport/renderer.rb:316:in
`new'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruport-0.10.0/lib/ruport/renderer.rb:316:in
`use_formatter'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruport-0.10.0/lib/ruport/renderer.rb:202:in
`send'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruport-0.10.0/lib/ruport/renderer.rb:202:in
`build'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruport-0.10.0/lib/ruport/renderer.rb:167:in
`render'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruport-0.10.0/lib/ruport/renderer.rb:288:in
`method_missing'
        from line_plotter.rb:59

On 4/23/07, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
> == Ruby Reports 1.0, Release Candidate 1 (0.10.0) ==
>
> After 2.5 months of extremely overactive development since our last
> major stable release, clandestine behaviours, and other things that go
> bump in the night, a rough cut of what will become Ruport 1.0 is
> finally ready.
>
> We can really use your feedback, so if you've been waiting to try out
> Ruport, now would be a good time to start.  And since it's now on
> RubyForge, you don't even need to trust our sketchy gem-server to try
> it out!
>
> == What is Ruport? ==
>
> Ruby Reports (Ruport) is an extensible reporting system.  It aims to
> keep things as simple as possible while still providing the core
> toolset you'll need for most reporting tasks.
>
> == What can Ruport do for me? ==
>
> (If you're already familiar with Ruport, you might want to skip this section)
>
> We provide a solid data model that can be easily hooked up to a number
> of sources, including CSV files, ActiveRecord models, and raw SQL
> connections through DBI.
>
> We also provide an insanely easy to extend formatting system which
> provides a consistent interface as well as a set of helper functions
> for a number of output types (HTML,PDF,CSV, and plain text).
>
> On top of that, Ruport offers a bunch of little tools to tie things
> together and help you be more productively lazy.  This includes a high
> level report interface, as well as a code generator (rope) that will
> help lay out a project for you and do other cool things like generate
> boilerplate code and tests when needed.
>
> We're not aiming to be a comprehensive reporting solution, our primary
> goal is to make reporting applications easier to build in Ruby, not
> build them for you.  That having been said, you can find things like
> basic support for graphing and invoices in our ruport-util package.
> This is likely going to take a little while to build up and stabilize,
> but it should be a good way to add higher level functionality to your
> Ruport projects as time goes on.
>
> == Major Changes since 0.8 ==
>
>  * Real support for Grouping operations and rendering
>  * Row based rendering support
>  * A whole slew of PDF helper functions
>  * Built in support for ActiveRecord via acts_as_reportable (now in Ruport)
>  * Majorly revamped formatting / rendering system
>  * API impovements throughout
>  * All subsystems are more extensible now
>  * rope now has a ton of new features
>  * Plenty of things I've already forgotten
>
> By Example:
> http://tinyurl.com/33m88x
>
> New, cooler examples will be out soon.
>
> == Get it ==
>
> Ruport and it's dependencies:
> gem install ruport -y
>
> The Ruport Utilities package(optional)
> gem install ruport-util -y
>
> == Get Help ==
>
> Mailing List:
> http://list.rubyreports.org
>
> Please sign up even if you want to not receive any mails, so we know
> who is interested in Ruport out there.  All questions are welcome on
> the list, both support related and development.
>
> IRC:
> #ruport on Freenode
>
> API Documentation:
>
> http://api.rubyreports.org/
>
> We've fallen behind a bit on docs, sadly.
> However, we did try to remove all deprecated documentation.
>
> If you spot defects in the docs, or are having trouble understanding
> them, please file bug reports
>
> Trac Wiki:
>
> Our wiki is at:
> http://code.rubyreports.org
>
> Keep an eye on it for helpful resources in the near future.
>
> == Get Involved ==
>
> We'd really appreciate feedback on this release so we can make tweaks
> before 1.0.  This is an early candidate, so we may end up changing
> some things before Ruport is production ready.
>
> You can file change requests and bug reports at:
> http://code.rubyreports.org
>
> Use the account ruport / blinky to file tickets, and tie them to the
> milestone "1.0 RC1 Change Requests"
>
> == That's all for now ==
>
> We'll collect change requests for a little while, clean some stuff up,
> add some more docs, and have a new release candidate out soon.
> Looking forward to hearing what folks think!
>
>