From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-03-05T01:08:15+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: Rake 0.8.4 Released

ZOMG!

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 10:43:43PM +0900, Jim Weirich wrote:
> = Rake 0.8.4 Released
> 
> Rake version 0.8.4 is a bug-fix release of rake.

Thank you!!!!  Internet high five!

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> NOTE: The version of Rake that comes with Ruby 1.9 has diverged
>       slightly from the core Rake code base.  Rake 0.8.4 will work
>       with Ruby 1.9, but is not a strict upgrade for the Rake that
>       comes with Ruby 1.9.  A (near) future release of Rake will unify
>       those two codebases.
> 
> == Letter Writing Campaign
> 
> Thanks to Aaron Patterson (@tenderlove) and Eric Hodel (@drbrain) for
> their encouraging support in organizing a letter writing campaign to
> lobby for the "Warning Free" release of rake 0.8.4.  A special callout
> goes to Jonathan D. Lord, Sr (Dr. Wingnut) whose postcard was the
> first to actually reach me. (see
> http://tenderlovemaking.com/2009/02/26/we-need-a-new-version-of-rake/
> for details)
> 
> == Changes
> 
> === New Features / Enhancements in Version 0.8.4
> 
> * Case is preserved on rakefile names. (patch from James
>   M. Lawrence/quix)
> 
> * Improved Rakefile case insensitivity testing (patch from Luis
>   Lavena).
> 
> * Windows system dir search order is now: HOME, HOMEDRIVE + HOMEPATH,
>   APPDATA, USERPROFILE (patch from Luis Lavena)
> 
> * MingGW is now recognized as a windows platform.  (patch from Luis
>   Lavena)
> 
> === Bug Fixes in Version 0.8.4
> 
> * Removed reference to manage_gem to fix the warning produced by the
>   gem package task.

Thank you so much!  You get one hug from me!

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/