At last second release candidate of 186-27 got released.
First I'll like to explain why this took so long:
When preparing this release (RC2), release 1.3.0 of RubyGems turned completely broken for Windows users.
After several weeks, version 1.3.1 was released, but new version of Rake (0.8.2 and 0.8.3) showed also problems.
While one of the issues where solved, the other is until now on hold, and that's one of the reasons we are sticking to Rake version 0.8.1.
At the same time, I'm focusing forces and time in tools that will ease the release of native gems for Windows and the work on the new installer based on GCC (MinGW).
Rest assured this project is far away from being dead.
This is a reply to previous discussion in the list:
Luis Lavena wrote: > First I'll like to explain why this took so long:
That certainly gives me a more informed appreciation for just how much we, I, owe you. Without the work you've done, Luis, most current Windows-based users of Ruby wouldn't be. Me included. Thank you very much for your continued efforts. I, and many others, are grateful.
On Nov 20, 12:11 am, Bill Walton <bill.wal...@charter.net> wrote:
> Hi Luis,
> Luis Lavena wrote: > > First I'll like to explain why this took so long:
> That certainly gives me a more informed appreciation for just how much we, > I, owe you. Without the work you've done, Luis, most current Windows-based > users of Ruby wouldn't be. Me included. Thank you very much for your > continued efforts. I, and many others, are grateful.
> Best regards, > Bill
Thank you Bill and Tim for your kind words.
None of this will be possible without Curt Hibbs and Andy Hunt work all these years, I'm just doing maintenance :-)
I believe Ruby on Windows has much more potential than the continuous ranting from Linux or OSX developers and their arguments about it.
Whatever can be done to ease the path of transition, integration and co-existance, I'll go for it, that's my objective (besides trying to conquer the world, of course).
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:26:15PM +0900, Luis Lavena wrote: > On Nov 20, 12:11 am, Bill Walton <bill.wal...@charter.net> wrote: > > Hi Luis,
> > Luis Lavena wrote: > > > First I'll like to explain why this took so long:
> > That certainly gives me a more informed appreciation for just how much we, > > I, owe you. Without the work you've done, Luis, most current Windows-based > > users of Ruby wouldn't be. Me included. Thank you very much for your > > continued efforts. I, and many others, are grateful.
> > Best regards, > > Bill
> Thank you Bill and Tim for your kind words.
> None of this will be possible without Curt Hibbs and Andy Hunt work > all these years, I'm just doing maintenance :-)
> I believe Ruby on Windows has much more potential than the continuous > ranting from Linux or OSX developers and their arguments about it.
> Whatever can be done to ease the path of transition, integration and > co-existance, I'll go for it, that's my objective (besides trying to > conquer the world, of course).
Actually.......
What I would really like is a service where I can upload a gem, it will unpack the gem, then run the tests under windows.
I have my windows-less cross compilation working like a charm, but the only thing keeping me from frolicking in a a windows-free world is making sure my tests work.
Even if the server made strict assumptions like 'rake test' runs the tests, that would be perfect (as long as I knew the assumptions ;-).
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:26:15PM +0900, Luis Lavena wrote: > > On Nov 20, 12:11 am, Bill Walton <bill.wal...@charter.net> wrote: > > > Hi Luis,
> > > Luis Lavena wrote: > > > > First I'll like to explain why this took so long:
> > > That certainly gives me a more informed appreciation for just how much we, > > > I, owe you. Without the work you've done, Luis, most current Windows-based > > > users of Ruby wouldn't be. Me included. Thank you very much for your > > > continued efforts. I, and many others, are grateful.
> > > Best regards, > > > Bill
> > Thank you Bill and Tim for your kind words.
> > None of this will be possible without Curt Hibbs and Andy Hunt work > > all these years, I'm just doing maintenance :-)
> > I believe Ruby on Windows has much more potential than the continuous > > ranting from Linux or OSX developers and their arguments about it.
> > Whatever can be done to ease the path of transition, integration and > > co-existance, I'll go for it, that's my objective (besides trying to > > conquer the world, of course).
> Actually.......
> What I would really like is a service where I can upload a gem, it will > unpack the gem, then run the tests under windows.
> I have my windows-less cross compilation working like a charm, but the > only thing keeping me from frolicking in a a windows-free world is making sure > my tests work.
WINE is not a option for you? it could let you run the tests/specs as Windows.
> Even if the server made strict assumptions like 'rake test' runs the > tests, that would be perfect (as long as I knew the assumptions ;-).
I'll like that too, cross platform CI sounds interesting, maybe a company will like to sponsor that? I know there is run.code.run, but is not cross platform and is not distributed.
> I believe Ruby on Windows has much more potential than the continuous > ranting from Linux or OSX developers and their arguments about it.
I absolutely agree!
Allow me to add my Thanks to you, Luis (and Andy and Curt), for all your work on the One-Click Installer, which is (IMHO) essential to Ruby's success on Windows.
I use both Windows and Linux. In Linux I have not problems but in Windows I have some one. Can any say me where to download this OneClic Installer for Windows?
> -----Original Message----- > From: david.mul...@gmail.com [mailto:david.mul...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:04 AM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: Re: One-Click Ruby Installer 186-27 Release Candidate 2
> Luis Lavena wrote:
> > I believe Ruby on Windows has much more potential than the continuous > > ranting from Linux or OSX developers and their arguments about it.
> I absolutely agree!
> Allow me to add my Thanks to you, Luis (and Andy and Curt), for all your > work on the One-Click Installer, which is (IMHO) essential to Ruby's > success on Windows.
On Nov 20, 12:26 pm, Reynier Perez Mira <rper...@uci.cu> wrote:
> I use both Windows and Linux. In Linux I have not problems but in Windows I have some one. Can any say me where to download this OneClic Installer for Windows?
> Luis Lavena wrote: > You can download the new installer from the following URL:
