------ art_20103_23119956.1138887971130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Curt A BIG THANK YOU for all this work you are putting in. It makes Ruby so much more accessible to people like me who just want to "install-and-go". Ta very muchly Glenn On 02/02/06, Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs / gmail.com> wrote: > > === One-Click Ruby Installer 184-16 preview3 is available! === > > This iteration includes the missing DBI support with the ODBC driver > (the Oracle driver is no longer included... if your need it, you'll > hvae to install that yourself). > > This also fixes a problem with the ri database that prevented fxri > from working, so fxri now works! > > Only thing missing now is XMLParser (and fix any bugs you find), and > we'll have a final release. > > > === One-Click Ruby Installer 184-16 preview2 is available! === > > By popular demand, preview2 goes back to including SciTE as its > bundled code editor, and includes the promised upgrade of FXRuby to > 1.4.4. Everything else in the preview1 announcement is still correct. > > As usual, please wait for the RubyForge mirrors to synchronize before > trying to download. > > Curt > > == One-Click Ruby Installer 184-16 preview1 is available! == > > *NOTE* Please wait for the RubyForge mirrors to synchronize before > trying to download. > > *WARNING* This preview release for Windows is incomplete. Please read > below to find out what is missing, and don't install this if that is > not usable for you. > > This is a preview release of the One-Click installer for Ruby version > 1.8.4. It should be usable for most people, but it is missing a few > things that will be fixed before the final release: > > - DBI: (database interface library) is not included. > > - XMLParser: This C-based XML parser (which is an > interface to the Expat parser) is not included > (REXML, the pure Ruby XML parser, *is* included). > > - If you levave "Enable RubyGems" selected, the RUBYOPT > environment variable is set to "rubygem" instead of > having having "rubygems" added to the RUBYOPT value > (similarly, uninstalling, deletes the RUBYOPT env. > variable). > > - Uninstalling does not remove the start menu items. > > ================= > > Starting with this release, I have completely rewritten the build > system for the One-Click Installer while I repeated the mantra: > simplify, simplify, simplify... This should make it easier to release > future versions of the One-Click installer more quickly. Of course, > its possible that this could introduce new problems, so please report > them here: > > http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?group_id=167&atid=715 > > Of course, the big change for this release is that it uses Ruby 1.8.4. > The One-Click installer is now uses ruby-mswin32 and adds additional > extentions and applications. This means that all extension provided by > ruby-mswin32 are in the One-Click Installer. You can read about > ruby-mswin32 here: > > http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/ > > Everything has been compiled with MS VC++ 6.0. > > Here are some other notable changes: > > * The SciTE code editor has been replaced by Notepad++. Both > are based on the Scintilla code editor component, but Notepad++ > is a little more full featured and supports editing multiple > files in separate tabs. > > * FreeRIDE (the Free Ruby IDE) has been updated to 0.9.5 and now > features real project support. > > * FXRuby has been upgraded to 1.4.3 (final release will include > 1.4.4). This also, still includes FXRuby 1.2.6 for those programs > that still require the older version. Both are included as > preinstalled RubyGems. > > Below are the release notes. > > ====================================== > > > Ruby Installer for Windows > Ruby Version 1.8.4 > Installer Version 184-16 > ------------------------------ > RELEASE NOTES > ------------------------------ > > Contents: Version: > -------- -------- > > ruby-mswin32 1.8.4 > zlib-lib 1.2.1 > ZLib 0.6.0 > RubyGems 0.8.11 > Rake 0.7.0 > RubySrc 1.8.4 > FXRuby 1.2.6 > FXri 0.3.2 > FreeRIDE 0.9.5 > Notepad++ 3.4 > FXRuby 1.4.3 > OpenGL 0.23b > GLUT 3.7.6 > SWin 040314 > VRuby 040306 > Expat 1.95.8 > HTMLParser 19990912p2 > log4r 1.0.5 > Programming Ruby 1st Edition > OpenSSL 0.9.7b-1 > Iconv 1.8 > readline 4.3-2 > PDCurses 2.60-1 > GDBM 1.8.3-1 > Installer-Patches 1.8.4 > > > 1. You can install overtop of an existing installation that has > the same Ruby major version number (e.g., 1.6). Installations > up to and including 1.6.5-1 can only be uninstalled. All versions > can co-exist peacefully (DLL's willing) in separate directories. > > 2. This version was compiled using Microsoft Visual C++, not Cygwin. > As a result, some I/O functionality -- particularly those involving > the Unix fork() system call and pipes -- will not work. The benefit > of using MSVC is to have a more stable and reliable version of Ruby. > > > Reporting Bugs > -------------- > > Bugs in Ruby itself should be e-mailed to ruby-bugs / ruby-lang.org. > > Bugs in the installer should be reported at: > > http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=715&group_id=167&func=browse > > Make sure your problem has not already been reported, then click > on "Submit New" to create a new bug report. > > > Disclaimer > ---------- > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR > IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED > WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > PURPOSE. > > > Credits: > -------- > > Yukihiro Matsumoto, a.k.a Matz <matz / netlab.co.jp> created > Ruby in the first place. > > Andy Hunt <andy / pragmaticprogrammer.com> did the original packaging > of this installer using the Nullsoft installer (www.nullsoft.com). > > Curt Hibbs <curt / hibbs.com> has been maintaining the one-click > installer since it moved to RubyForge.org in early 2004. > > Dave Thomas <dave / pragmaticprogrammer.com> translated > the original LaTeX of "Programming Ruby" into XML > and arranged its release under the Open Publication License. > > Bernard DelmñÆ <bdelmee / advalvas.be> created the Windows Help > version of our "Programming Ruby" book. > > Martin Ankerl <martin.ankerl / gmail.com> created fxri, a GUI > interface to the ri documentation database. > > Martin DeMello <martindemello / yahoo.com> created fxirb, a GUI > version of Ruby's console based irb (interactive ruby). fxirb > is incorporated into Martin Ankerl's fxri. > > Lyle Johnson <ljohnson / resgen.com> ported and provides the > FXRuby GUI extension. > > -- All the best Glenn Aylesbury, UK ------ art_20103_23119956.1138887971130--