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| 1 | += Rake 0.8.6 Released |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Rake version 0.8.5 introduced greatly improved support for executing |
| 4 | +commands on Windows. The "sh" command now has the same semantics on |
| 5 | +Windows that it has on Unix based platforms. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Rake version 0.8.6 includes minor fixes the the RDoc generation. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +== Changes |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +=== New Features / Enhancements in Version 0.8.5 |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +* Improved implementation of the Rake system command for Windows. |
| 14 | + (patch from James M. Lawrence/quix) |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +* Support for Ruby 1.9's improved system command. (patch from James |
| 17 | + M. Lawrence/quix) |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +* Rake now includes the configured extension when invoking an |
| 20 | + executable (Config::CONFIG['EXEEXT]) |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +=== Bug Fixes in Version 0.8.5 |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +* Environment variable keys are now correctly cased (it matters in |
| 25 | + some implementations). |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +== What is Rake |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways. But |
| 30 | +instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to |
| 31 | +declare tasks and dependencies. You have the full power of a modern |
| 32 | +scripting language built right into your build tool. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +== Availability |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ... |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + gem install rake (you may need root/admin privileges) |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/ |
| 43 | +Download:: http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50 |
| 44 | +GitHub:: git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +== Thanks |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes. The |
| 49 | +following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or made |
| 50 | +otherwise helpful comments. Thanks to ... |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +* James M. Lawrence/quix |
| 53 | +* Luis Lavena |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +-- Jim Weirich |
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