I should also mention due to a dependent project forgetting to push their maven poms, we are unable to push RC1 until they do...So maven users will have to wait a short amount of time until we get things straightened out.
-Tom On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Thomas E Enebo <tom.en...@gmail.com> wrote: > The JRuby community is pleased to announce the release of JRuby 1.6.0.RC1. > > - Homepage: http://www.jruby.org/ > - Download: http://www.jruby.org/download > > JRuby 1.6.0.RC1 is the first release candidate of JRuby 1.6.0. > > 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 as a continuous > integration platform, and 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. > > We encourage Ruby and JRuby users alike to test out 1.6.0.RC1 to help us shake > out remaining issues. It would be especially helpful if users would test out > 1.9 mode (by passing --1.9 flag) to help us round out our 1.9.2 compatibility > before the final 1.6.0 release. > > Major Features: > > * Ruby 1.9.2 language and API compatibility > ** Not implemented: Encoding::Converter, non-ASCII identifiers, ripper, fiddle > * Improved Ruby call performance > * Built-in profiler (--profile, --profile.graph) > * RubyGems 1.4.2 > * RSpec no longer bundled > * Ruby-debug gem unbundled, since it installs correctly now > * 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 265 issues resolved. > > > -- > blog: http://blog.enebo.com twitter: tom_enebo > mail: tom.en...@gmail.com > -- blog: http://blog.enebo.com twitter: tom_enebo mail: tom.en...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
