From: Allen Lee <allenlooplee@...>
Date: 2010-08-21T22:30:16+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyInstaller 1.9.2-p0 released - Newer DevKit and instructions

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great job!

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm very pleased to announce the release of RubyInstaller packages for
> Ruby 1.9.2-p0.
>
> As usual, installer and 7z-packages are available at RubyInstaller websit=
e
> and RubyForge for download:
>
> http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=3D167&release_id=3D44412
>
> For verification, MD5 signatures are provided:
>
> 414786eec364c0a5d30bfdf41d840d5e *ruby-1.9.2-p0-doc-chm.7z
> b676e771dec15478daefd50dd9757003 *ruby-1.9.2-p0-i386-mingw32.7z
> 21bf42f7ec4b8a831c947d656509cddb *rubyinstaller-1.9.2-p0.exe
>
> Installer is also digitally signed to avoid alterations and UAC warnings.
>
> You can read Ruby 1.9.2-p0 announcement and release notes at ruby-talk:
>
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/367983
>
> =3D What is new?
>
> Beyond what is covered by Ruby itself, we have our own set of improvement=
s:
>
> =3D=3D Updated compiler toolchain to GCC 4.5.0
>
> We thought was about time to upgrade our toolchain from GCC 3.4.5
>
> We have been testing extensively not only Ruby compilation but it's
> dependencies and gems with good results.
>
> It is now time to make those changes official. Starting this release, all
> upcoming versions of RubyInstaller packages will be based in GCC 4.5.0
>
> =3D=3D Road to a better Development Kit
>
> One common complain we hear about our DevKit is the complicated steps
> required
> to get it working.
>
> We started the work towards an installer that follows the simplified line=
s
> of
> RubyInstaller itself and aims to provide the smoothest solution as
> possible.
>
> While the work on this installer is not completed yet, we have made
> available
> a self-extracting package (SFX) that -- with some easy to follow steps --
> will
> install the newer DevKit into all detectable Ruby installations.
>
> SFX packages are available at GitHub:
>
> http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/downloads
>
> Please read the installation instructions in our wiki:
>
> http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/development-kit
>
> After its installation, you will see a similar output when installing any
> gem:
>
>  >gem install json --platform=3Druby
>  Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
>  Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>  Successfully installed json-1.4.6
>  1 gem installed
>
> Please remember some gems require 3rd party development components (heade=
rs
> and such). Check each gem documentation for details.
>
> =3D Exciting times ahead of us
>
> We strongly believe that mainstream Ruby adoption requires its best Windo=
ws
> support.
>
> All the improvements listed above and the ones covered over past months
> shows
> an eager Windows community willing to play and adopt Ruby as language.
>
> There are more things to be done to improve this, but people is getting
> their
> hands dirty and helping out others.
>
> Most important, this wouldn't be possible without the timeless
> contributions of Ruby developers that believe in making Windows a usable
> platform.
>
> As Yehuda Katz said in his RailsConf 2010 keynote:
>
>  "Find something impossible, then do it"
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Luis Lavena
> AREA 17
> -
> Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
> but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
> Antoine de Saint-Exup=E9ry
>
>

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