Release 1.0.0 fixes several bugs. Major New Features Include:
* RubyGems warns about various problems with gemspecs during gem building * More-consistent versioning for the RubyGems software Other Changes Include: * Fixed various bugs and problems with installing gems on Windows * Fixed using `gem server` for installing gems * Various operations are even more verbose with --verbose * Built gems are now backwards compatible with 0.9.4 * Improved detection of RUBYOPT loading rubygems * `ruby setup.rb` now has a --help option * Gem::Specification#bindir is now respected on installation * Executable stubs can now be installed to match ruby's name, so if ruby is installed as 'ruby18', foo_exec will be installed as 'foo_exec18' * `gem unpack` can now unpack into a specific directory with --target * OpenSSL is no longer required by default Deprecations and Deletions: * Kernel#require_gem has been removed * Executables without a shebang will not be wrapped in a future version, this may cause such executables to fail to operate on installation * Gem::Platform constants other than RUBY and CURRENT have been removed * Gem::RemoteInstaller was removed * Gem::Specification#test_suite_file and #test_suite_file= are deprecated in favor of #test_file and #test_file= * Gem::Specification#autorequire= has been deprecated * Time::today will be removed in a future version == How can I get RubyGems? NOTE: If you have installed RubyGems using a package you may want to install a new RubyGems through the same packaging system. If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all you need to do is: $ gem update --system (you might need to be admin/root) (Note: You may have to run the command twice if you have any previosly installed rubygems-update gems). If you have an older version of RubyGems installed, then you can still do it in two steps: $ gem install rubygems-update (again, might need to be admin/root) $ update_rubygems (... here too) If you don't have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem approach to getting software ... doing it manually: 1. DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126 2. UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE 3. INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb (you may need admin/root privilege) == Thanks Keep those gems coming! -- Jim & Chad & Eric (for the RubyGems team) _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
