1= Rake 0.8.7 Released
2
3Rake version 0.8.5 introduced greatly improved support for executing
4commands on Windows.  The "sh" command now has the same semantics on
5Windows that it has on Unix based platforms.
6
7Rake version 0.8.6 includes minor fixes the the RDoc generation.
8Rake version 0.8.7 includes a minor fix for JRuby running on windows.
9
10== Changes
11
12=== New Features / Enhancements in Version 0.8.5
13
14* Improved implementation of the Rake system command for Windows.
15  (patch from James M. Lawrence/quix)
16
17* Support for Ruby 1.9's improved system command.  (patch from James
18  M. Lawrence/quix)
19
20* Rake now includes the configured extension when invoking an
21  executable (Config::CONFIG['EXEEXT])
22
23=== Bug Fixes in Version 0.8.5
24
25* Environment variable keys are now correctly cased (it matters in
26  some implementations).
27
28== What is Rake
29
30Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways. But
31instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
32declare tasks and dependencies. You have the full power of a modern
33scripting language built right into your build tool.
34
35== Availability
36
37The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
38
39  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
40
41Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
42
43Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
44Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
45GitHub::    git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git
46
47== Thanks
48
49As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes. The
50following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or made
51otherwise helpful comments.  Thanks to ...
52
53* Charles Nutter
54
55-- Jim Weirich
56