[ANN] TCS 1.9.3-p196 experimental build

[Jon]

TCS Ruby 1.9.3 => MRI 1.9.3 performance optimizations for Windows and *nix users.

This is a maintenance release meant to synchronize with the latest official MRI 1.9.3 release

  http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/44481

Windows users can download the binary archive `tcs-ruby193_require_fenix_gc_hash_20120421.7z` built from the https://github.com/thecodeshop/ruby/tree/tcs-ruby_1_9_3 branch from https://github.com/thecodeshop/ruby/wiki/Downloads

*nix users can get started with the TCS improvements by using RVM or rbenv

  https://github.com/thecodeshop/ruby/wiki/FAQ#wiki-rvm
  https://github.com/thecodeshop/ruby/wiki/FAQ#wiki-rbenv


=== Notable Updates from Previous Release ===

  * Official ruby-core 1.9.3 backports as of ruby_1_9_3@35416
  * RubyGems 1.8.23 (Windows binary)

previous release: http://groups.google.com/group/thecodeshop/browse_thread/thread/595038376949a0ce


=== Built and Tested On ===

  * Win7 32bit/MinGW 4.6.2            (1)
  * Win7 32bit/Windows SDK 7.1        (2)
  * Arch 3.3.2 32bit/GCC 4.7.0        (3)

(1) make test && make test-all TESTS='openssl fiddle psych zlib io json mkmf pathname stringio erb fileutils ruby/test_io.rb ruby/test_io_m17n.rb ruby/test_file.rb'  [ 1 test_utime(TestPathname) failure ]
(2) nmake test
(3) make test && make test-all  [ 2 version string failures, 2 WEBrick failures ]


Jon

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