From: Kevin <darkintent@...>
Date: 2011-03-17T05:34:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] JRuby 1.6.0 released

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Does this release mean that it is generally safe to use 1.9 style code with
Jruby?

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@medioh.com>wrote:

> Awesome! Great job guys.
>
> As it so happens, we just switched one of our Rails apps over to run on
> JRuby exclusively today as it integrates Java code :)
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Thomas E Enebo <tom.enebo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The JRuby community is pleased to announce the release of JRuby 1.6.0.
> >
> > - Homepage: http://www.jruby.org/
> > - Download: http://www.jruby.org/download
> >
> > JRuby 1.6.0 final is out!
> >
> > JRuby 1.6.0 is the largest release of JRuby to date. This release
> > fixes hundreds of user issues and brings compatibility with Ruby 1.9.2
> > to a very high level. We have made Windows a primary supported
> > platform by adding it to our continuous integration environment.  JRuby
> > 1.6 will provide Windows-based Ruby users with the best experience
> > yet. This release integrates experimental support for C extensions
> > based on Ruby's C API. And as with all major releases, we have
> > improved stability and performance across the board in response to
> > real-world user input.
> >
> > Over the next month or two we plan on putting out quicker point releases
> > in anticipation that 1.6.0 will get a new wave of feedback.  Give JRuby
> > 1.6.0 a try and let us know how things go.
> >
> > ### Major Features:
> >
> > - Ruby 1.9.2 language and API compatibility
> >
> >  - Not implemented Encoding::Converter, ripper
> > - Improved Ruby call performance
> > - Built-in profiler (--profile, --profile.graph)
> > - RSpec no longer bundled
> > - C Extension support (experimental)
> > - RubyGems Maven support (preview)
> > - Improved compatibility and user experience on Windows
> > - jruby-complete.jar now includes 1.9 standard library
> > - Embedding API refinements
> > - Over 2000 commits and 270 issues resolved.
> >
> >
> > --
> > blog: http://blog.enebo.com       twitter: tom_enebo
> > mail: tom.enebo@gmail.com
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Tony Arcieri
> Medioh! Kudelski
>

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