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21 Jun 2008
1.2.0 Released
by fred, the rubygems robot
New features:
- RubyGems no longer performs bulk updates and instead only fetches the gemspec files it needs. Alternate sources will need to upgrade to RubyGems 1.2 to allow RubyGems to take advantage of the new metadata updater. If a pre 1.2 remote source is in the sources list, RubyGems will revert to the bulk update code for compatibility.
- RubyGems now has runtime and development dependency types. Use
#add_development_dependencyand#add_runtime_dependency. All typeless dependencies are considered to be runtime dependencies. - RubyGems will now require
rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rbandrubygems/defaults/#{RBX_ENGINE}.rbif they exist. This allows packagers and ruby implementers to add custom behavior to RubyGems via these files. (If the RubyGems API is insufficient, please suggest improvements via the RubyGems list.) - /etc/gemrc (and windows equivalent) for global settings
- setup.rb now handles –vendor and –destdir for packagers
gem stalecommand that lists gems by last access time
Bugs Fixed:
- File modes from gems are now honored, patch #19737
- Marshal Gem::Specification objects from the future can now be loaded.
- A trailing / is now added to remote sources when missing, bug #20134
- Gems with legacy platforms will now be correctly uninstalled, patch #19877
gem install --no-wrappersfollowed bygem install --wrappersno longer overwrites executablesgem pristinenow forces reinstallation of gems, bug #20387- RubyGems gracefully handles ^C while loading .gemspec files from disk, bug #20523
- Paths are expanded in more places, bug #19317, bug #19896
- Gem::DependencyInstaller resets installed gems every install, bug #19444
- Gem.default_path is now honored if GEM_PATH is not set, patch #19502
Other Changes Include:
- setup.rb
- stub files created by RubyGems 0.7.x and older are no longer removed. When upgrading from these ancient versions, upgrade to 1.1.x first to clean up stubs.
- RDoc is no longer required until necessary, patch #20414
gem server- Now completely matches the output of
gem generate_indexand has correct content types - Refreshes from source directories for every hit. The server will no longer need to be restarted after installing gems.
- Now completely matches the output of
gem query --detailsand friends now display author, homepage, rubyforge url and installed locationgem installwithout -i no longer reinstalls dependencies if they are in GEM_PATH but not in GEM_HOME- Gem::RemoteFetcher now performs persistent connections for HEAD requests, bug #7973