1= Rake 0.9.0 Released
2
3Rake version 0.9.0 has a number of bug fixes and enhancments (see
4below for more details).  Additionally, the internals have be slightly
5restructured and improved.
6
7== Changes
8
9=== New Features / Enhancements / Bug Fixes in Version 0.9.0
10
11* Rake now warns when the deprecated :needs syntax used (and suggests
12  the proper syntax in the warning).
13
14* Moved Rake DSL commands to top level ruby object 'main'.  Rake DSL
15  commands are no longer private methods in Object. (Suggested by
16  James M. Lawrence/quix)
17
18* Rake now uses case-insensitive comparisons to find the Rakefile on Windows.
19  Based on patch by Roger Pack.
20
21* Rake now requires (instead of loads) files in the test task.  Patch by Cezary
22  Baginski.
23
24* Fixed typos.  Patches by Sean Scot August Moon and R.T. Lechow.
25
26* Rake now prints the Rakefile directory only when it's different from the
27  current directory.  Patch by Alex Chaffee.
28
29* Improved rakefile_location discovery on Windows.  Patch by James Tucker.
30
31* Rake now recognizes "Windows Server" as a windows system.  Patch by Matthias
32  Lüdtke
33
34* Rake::RDocTask is deprecated.  Use RDoc::Task from RDoc 2.4.2+ (require
35  'rdoc/task')
36
37* Rake::GemPackageTask is deprecated.  Use Gem::PackageTask (require
38  'rubygems/package_task')
39
40* Rake now outputs various messages to $stderr instead of $stdout.
41
42* Rake no longer emits warnings for Config.  Patch by Santiago Pastorino.
43
44* Removed Rake's DSL methods from the top level scope.  If you need to
45  call 'task :xzy' in your code, include Rake::DSL into your class, or
46  put the code in a Rake::DSL.environment do ... end block.
47
48* Split rake.rb into individual files.
49
50* Support for the --where (-W) flag for showing where a task is defined.
51
52* Fixed quoting in test task.
53  (http://onestepback.org/redmine/issues/show/44,
54  http://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/1223138)
55
56* Fixed the silent option parsing problem.
57  (http://onestepback.org/redmine/issues/show/47)
58
59* Fixed :verbose=>false flag on sh and ruby commands.
60
61* Rake command line options may be given by default in a RAKEOPT
62  environment variable.
63
64* Errors in Rake will now display the task invocation chain in effect
65  at the time of the error.
66
67* Accepted change by warnickr to not expand test patterns in shell
68  (allowing more files in the test suite).
69
70* Fixed that file tasks did not perform prereq lookups in scope
71  (Redmine #57).
72
73== What is Rake
74
75Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways. But
76instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
77declare tasks and dependencies. You have the full power of a modern
78scripting language built right into your build tool.
79
80== Availability
81
82The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
83
84  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
85
86Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
87
88Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
89Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
90GitHub::    git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git
91
92== Thanks
93
94As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes. The
95following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or made
96otherwise helpful comments.  Thanks to ...
97
98* James M. Lawrence (quix)
99* Roger Pack
100* Cezary Baginski
101* Sean Scot August Moon
102* R.T. Lechow
103* Alex Chaffee
104* James Tucker
105* Matthias Lüdtke
106* Santiago Pastorino
107
108Also, bit thanks to Eric Hodel for assisting with getting this release
109out the door (where "assisting" includes, but is not by any means
110limited to, "pushing" me to get it done).
111
112-- Jim Weirich
113