From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2010-12-09T10:33:45+09:00
Subject: [ANN] hoe 2.8.0 Released

hoe version 2.8.0 has been released!

* <http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/>
* <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/>
* <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/Hoe.pdf>
* <http://github.com/jbarnette/hoe-plugin-examples>

Hoe is a rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It helps you
manage and maintain, and release your project and includes a dynamic
plug-in system allowing for easy extensibility. Hoe ships with
plug-ins for all your usual project tasks including rdoc generation,
testing, packaging, and deployment.

See class rdoc for help. Hint: `ri Hoe` or any of the plugins listed
below.

For extra goodness, see: http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/Hoe.pdf

Changes:

### 2.8.0 / 2010-12-08

* 6 minor enhancements:

  * Added PRE=a.1 variable to package and release tasks. (ged)
  * Added compiler plugin to support rake-compiler. (tenderlove)
  * Added known_plugins task and updated included and 3rd party plugins doco
  * Added racc/rex plugin!
  * Extended sow's Rakefile template to dynamically include installed plugins
  * Turned off rubyforge plugin by default. (tenderlove's whining)