From: Dejan Dimic <dejan.dimic@...>
Date: 2007-12-31T06:59:58+09:00
Subject: Re: RMagick 2.0.0 for Windows

On Dec 30, 10:22 pm, Tim Hunter <TimHun...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I've just uploaded a pre-compiled-for-Windows RMagick 2.0.0 gem to
> RubyForge. The gem is bundled with ImageMagick 6.3.7-8. Look for
> RMagick-2.0.0-ImageMagick-6.3.7-8-Q8.zip in the rmagick-win32 project of
> the RMagick download page [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=12].
> Remember it takes a few hours for the mirrors to catch up. This makes 4
> RMagick releases in 4 days so I'm going to stop for a while.
>
> You can read about RMagick 2 here:http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/rmagick2.
>
> How do you know if you should upgrade to RMagick 2? You should use
> RMagick 2 instead of RMagick 1 if
>
> 1) You want to use RMagick with Ruby 1.9.0. RMagick 2 works with 1.9.0.
> RMagick 1 does not.
>
> 2) You want to use new ImageMagick functionality. RMagick 1 maintenance
> is limited to bug fixes. New ImageMagick functionality will appear in
> RMagick 2.
>
> 3) You want to have better control over RMagick's memory usage. RMagick
> 2 has two new methods - Image#destroy! and Magick.trace_proc= - that can
> help you manage the memory used by images in your programs.
>
> You should stick with RMagick 1 if
>
> 1) You want to use older releases of ImageMagick or Ruby.
>
> 2) You want to use RMagick with GraphicsMagick.
>
> RMagick 2 has different prerequisites and is very slightly incompatible
> with RMagick 1, so be sure to read the web page before you download it.
>
> The detailed ChangeLog is here
> [http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=17446]
>
> Please report bugs on RMagick's bug tracker
> [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=12]. You can ask questions in
> the RMagick Help Forum [http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group_id=12], or
> contact me directly at rmagick AT rubyforge DOT org.
>
> RMagick 2 is an interface to the ImageMagick (www.imagemagick.org) image
> processing library. RMagick supports more than 90 image formats,
> including GIF, JPEG, and PNG, and comes with comprehensive HTML
> documentation.
>
> --
> RMagick:http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
> RMagick 2:http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/rmagick2.html

Thanks Tim.