From: Robert <catcher@...>
Date: 2004-04-19T02:49:10+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.1-12

"Curt Hibbs" <curt@hibbs.com> wrote in message
news:EAENKKNOJPMNCDMLDOMLOECKEAAA.curt@hibbs.com...
> The Ruby Installer 1.8.1-12 for Windows has been released and is now
> available for download from:
>
>   http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/
>
> The previous release (1.8.1-11) had some anomalous behavior as part of the
> build was inadvertently done with cygwin. This release is a 100% native
> Windows build, done entirely without cygwin.
>
> Starting with this release, we have officially moved the Ruby Installer
> project from SourceForge to RubyForge. Please report bugs (or request
> features) at:
>
>   http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=167
>
>
> What is the Ruby Installer for Windows?
> ---------------------------------------
>
> The Ruby Installer for Windows is a "one-click", self-contained Windows
> installer that contains the Ruby language itself, dozens of popular
> extensions and packages, a syntax-highlighting editor and execution
> environment, and a Windows help file that contains the full text of the
> book, "Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide".
>
>
> Change Log for 1.8.1-12
> -----------------------
>
> - Eradicated all uses of cygwin
> - Now using the version of REXML that is distributed
>   with Ruby.
> - Upgraded SciTE to version 1.59, which includes support
>   for YAML highlighting and Tools menu commands for Ruby
>   syntax checking, code profiling, and irb.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Curt
>
Thanks to everyone involved!

Robert