No, rake-compiler is for developers, os not a replacement for devkit, se= e readme.

On Feb 16, 2013 4:32 PM, "Craig Walsh"= <crichardwalsh@gmail.com= > wrote:

I've been studying and testing Ruby and RoR for a little over a year no= w, so I'm fairly new. I have finished RoR tutorial and Agile RD. Does t= his rake-compiler perform the functions DevKit does? I haven't been abl= e to get DevKit to update io-console or install rdiscount as a test. Throug= h discussions, seems to be a missing header info problem and submitted as a= ticket that someone is working on. Both machines running Windows 7 have id= entical problems. Thanks for the help.

On Saturday, February 16, 2013 9:16:46 AM UTC-7, Luis Lavena wrote:rake-compiler version 0.8.3 has been re= leased!

* <http://github.com/luislavena/rake-compiler>

=3D What is rake-compiler?

rake-compiler is first and foremost a productivity tool for Ruby develo= pers.
It's goal is to make the busy developer's life easier by simpli= fying
the building
and packaging of Ruby extensions by simplifying code and reducing dupli= cation.

It follows *convention over configuration* by advocating a
standardized build and
package structure for both C and Java based RubyGems.

rake-compiler is the result of many hard-won experiences dealing with s= everal
diverse RubyGems that provided native extensions for different platform= s and
different user configurations in different ways. Details such as differ= ences in
code portability, differences in code clarity, and differences in
project directory
structure often made it very difficult for newcomers to those RubyGems.

From these challenges, rake-compiler was born with the single-minded go= al of
making the busy RubyGem developer's life much less difficult.

=3D=3D Feature Overview

Some of the benefits rake-compiler provides include:

* No custom rake tasks required. Less code duplication and errors.

* Painlessly build extensions on different platforms (Linux, OSX and Wi= ndows).

* Painlessly build extensions for different Ruby implementations (JRuby= ,
=A0 Rubinius and MRI).

* Allow multiple extensions to be compiled inside the same gem.

* Painlessly build "fat" native gems for Windows users (from = Linux or OSX).

* Mimics RubyGems standard installation process, helping as a test envi= ronment.

* Simplifies cross platform extension compilation (targeting Windows
from Linux).

Changes:

=3D=3D=3D 0.8.3 / 2013-02-16

* Bugfixes:
=A0 * Support FreeBSD 'mingw32-gcc' cross compiler. Closes #72 = [knu]

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Luis Lavena
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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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