Ruby 1.6.8 and 1.8.0 preview 1

I just put the 1.6.8 release package on the ftp. 1.6.8 should be the last release in the 1.6.x series. Check out

I also put the first preview of 1.8.0 at

Merry Christmas!

Posted by Matz on 24 Dec 2002

Color scheme of www.ruby-lang.org

We webmasters decided to change the red only color scheme of this site following a recommendation in [ruby-talk:59202].

You may see somewhat strange color scheme while our CSS development. Thank you for your kind corporation.

And we also thank people who are discussing about color scheme on ruby-talk.

Posted by NaHi on 18 Dec 2002

Toward ruby-lang.org renewal; trial website offered

We webmasters’ team of ruby-lang.org have reformed our official site design, so that we can provide natural contents navigation and just-in-time information about Ruby.

Now we can offer a trial for a future official site. Here we are:

http://dev.ruby-lang.org/en/

And here is Japanese site:

http://dev.ruby-lang.org/ja/

Have a go and look at it.

Our scheme is a double release with ruby 1.6.8; the switchover of the site will be in the end of this year, if no critical problems are found. If you find them, feel free to tell us via this list, or mail directly to the address below.

Cheers,

—ruby-lang.org webmaster team
webmaster@ruby-lang.org

Posted by Unknown Author on 16 Dec 2002

"Ruby Hacking Guide" is out though ...

RHG A book named “Ruby source code Kanzen Kaisetsu – Ruby Hacking Guide” by Aoki-san is out though it’s written in Japanese…

It’s a must-buy item for Ruby hacker, who can read Japanese. :(

  • Publisher: Impress
  • Author: AOKI, Minero under the editorship of MATSUMOTO, Yukihiro
  • ISBN: 4-8443-1721-0

I tried to translate the table of contents. Bear in mind that it’s an unofficial translation.

Posted by NaHi on 11 Dec 2002

RAA XML Interfaces are updated

Following RAA/2.1, RAA XML Interfaces are updated.

RAA.succ!.version #=> 2.1.0

RAA is upgraded.

Changes:

  • URL was changed. RAA is at http://raa.ruby-lang.org/ now. Former URL http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa.html is redirected to the new URL.
  • Add new page “All” that lists all RAA entries by alphabetical order.
  • Show number of projects in each major_category or minor category in listing view. We have 753 projects now. Is your stomach full?
  • Add AND/OR search option. RAA search is substring search, not a word search.
  • Project’s “name” field is restricted to match /\A[a-z0-9_-]{2,15}\z/ .
    • RAA users can refer a project with a simple name like “druby”. They don’t have to remember the ID number or a long name like “druby – distributed ruby”.
    • Application owner must specify canonical name(s) of his/her project(s).
    This field is a freezed (static, const) field. For each existing entries, I prepared a canonical name created from former name, Project UNIX Name in sourceforge or filename of its download item. See [ruby-talk:58018] for your entry. Since I created canonical names automatically with a script1, some owners would think that it isn’t a suitable name for their project. So UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR owner can change this “name” field of his/her entry.
  • Add new field “short description”. Owners can describe short(63 bytes or shorter) description here. At now, this field is filled with former “name” field. Feel free to change this field anytime.
  • To add an application entry, you must type pass phrase twice. Don’t forget your pass phrase.

[1] canonical name generation tool; http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/app/raa/tool/name_conv.rb

RAA development team:
NAKAMURA, Hiroshi aka NaHi and U.Nakamura aka usa.

Posted by NaHi on 07 Dec 2002

Matz's Slides at 4 conferences

Matz’s Slides at Ruby Conference 2002, OOPSLA2002, LL2 and O+F kansai(Japanese) are available.

Ruby Conference 2002
Slides: OOPSLA 2002
Slides: LL2
Slides: KANSAI OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE 2002
Slides: LL2 slides in English to learn Japanese. :)

Posted by NaHi on 05 Dec 2002

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