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NOTE:
31 Jan 2011
1.5.0 Released
by fred, the rubygems robot
NOTE: gem update --system is broken. See UPGRADING.rdoc.
Major Enhancements:
- Finally fixed all known 1.9.x issues. Upgrading is now possible!
- Merged huge 1.3.7/ruby-core changes to master.
Minor Enhancements:
- Added UPGRADING.rdoc to help deal with 1.9 issues.
- Gem::Format now gives better errors for corrupt gem files and includes paths
- Pre-install hooks can now abort gem installation by returning false
- Move shareable TestCase classes to lib/ to help plugin authors with tests.
- Add post-build hooks that can cancel the gem install
- Always require custom_require now that require_gem is gone
- Added GemInstaller accessors for @options so plugins can reference them.
- Optimized Gem.find_files. ~10% faster than 1.4.2. ~40% faster than ruby 1.9.
- Gem::SilentUI now behaves like Gem::StreamUI for asking questions. Patch by Erik Hollensbe.
Bug Fixes:
gem updatewas implicitly doing –system.- 1.9.3: Fixed encoding errors causing gem installs to die during rdoc phase.
- Add RubyForge URL to README. Closes #28825
- 1.9.3: Use chdir {} when building extensions to prevent warnings. Fixes #4337
- 1.9.2: Fix circular require warning.
- Make requiring openssl even lazier at request of NaHi
gem unpackwill now download the gem if it is not in the cache. Patch by Erik Hollensbe.- rubygems-update lists its development dependencies again