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01 May 2011
1.8.0 Released
This release focused on properly encapsulating functionality. Most of this work focused on moving functionality out of Gem::SourceIndex and Gem::GemPathSearcher into Gem::Specification where it belongs.
After installing RubyGems 1.8.0 you will see deprecations when loading your
exsting gems. Run gem pristine --all --no-extensions to regenerate your
gem specifications safely.
Currently RubyGems does not save the build arguments used to build gems with
extensions. You will need to run gem pristine gem_with_extension --
--build-arg to regenerate a gem with an extension where it requires special
build arguments.
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24(+) Deprecations (WOOT!):
- DependencyList.from_source_index deprecated the source_index argument.
- Deprecated Dependency.new(/regex/).
- Deprecated Gem.searcher.
- Deprecated Gem.source_index and Gem.available?
- Deprecated Gem: activate_dep, activate_spec, activate, report_activate_error, and required_location.
- Deprecated Gem::all_partials
- Deprecated Gem::cache_dir
- Deprecated Gem::cache_gem
- Deprecated Gem::default_system_source_cache_dir
- Deprecated Gem::default_user_source_cache_dir
- Deprecated Platform#empty?
- Deprecated Specification.cache_gem
- Deprecated Specification.installation_path
- Deprecated Specification.loaded, loaded?, and loaded=
- Deprecated all of Gem::SourceIndex.
- Deprecated all of Gem::GemPathSearcher.
- Deprecated Gem::Specification#default_executable.
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2 major enhancements:
- Gem::SourceIndex functionality has been moved to Gem::Specification. Gem::SourceIndex is completely disconnected from Gem::Specification
- Refactored GemPathSearcher entirely out. RIPMF
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41 minor enhancements:
- Added CommandManager#unregister_command
- Added Dependency#matching_specs + to_specs.
- Added Dependency#to_spec
- Added Gem.pre_reset_hook/s and post_reset_hook/s.
- Added GemCommand.reset to reinitialize the singleton
- Added Specification#activate.
- Added Specification#activated, activated=, and activated?
- Added Specification#base_dir.
- Added Specification#bin_dir and bin_file.
- Added Specification#cache_dir and cache_file. Aliased cache_gem.
- Added Specification#doc_dir and ri_dir.
- Added Specification#find(name_or_dep, *requirements).
- Added Specification#gem_dir and gems_dir.
- Added Specification#spec_dir and spec_file.
- Added Specification.add_spec, add_specs, and remove_spec.
- Added Specification.all=. If you use this, we will light you on fire.
- Added Specification.all_names.
- Added Specification.dirs and dirs=. dirs= resets.
- Added Specification.find_all_by_name(name, *reqs)
- Added Specification.latest_specs. SO TINY!
- Added TestCase#all_spec_names to help clean up tests
- Added TestCase#assert_path_exists and refute_path_exists. Will move to minitest.
- Gem.sources no longer tries to load sources gem. Only uses default_sources.
- Installer no longer accepts a source_index option.
- More low-level integration.
- Removed Gem::FileOperations since it is a dummy class
- Removed a comment because I am dumb
- Removed pkgs/sources/lib/sources.rb
- Revamped indexer to mostly not use SourceIndex (legacy index requires it).
- Rewrote our last functional test suite to be happy and fast
- RubyGems is now under the Ruby License or the MIT license
- Specification#== now only checks name, version, and platform.
- Specification#authors= now forcefully flattens contents (bad rspec! no cookie!)
- Specification#eql? checks all fields.
- Specification#installation_path no longer raises if it hasn’t been activated.
- Specification#validate now ensures that authors is not empty.
- TestCase.util_setup_spec_fetcher no longer returns a SourceIndex.
- Uninstaller no longer passes around SourceIndex instances
- Warn on loading bad spec array values (ntlm-http gem has nil in its cert chain)
gem pristinenow accepts –no-executables to skip restoring gems with extensions.gem pristinecan now restore multiple gems.
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6 bug fixes:
- DependencyInstaller passed around a source_index instance but used Gem.source_index.
- Fixed Platform#== and #hash so instances may be used as hash keys.
- Fixed broken Specification#original_platform. It should never be nil.
- Gem::Text#format_text now strips trailing whitespace
- Normalize LOAD_PATH with File.expand_path
gem builderrors should exit 1.gem pristinecan now restore non-latest gems where the cached gem was removed.