Rake v0.5.0 Release Notes

  • It has been a long time in coming, but we finally have a new version of Rake available.

    ==== ๐Ÿ”„ Changes

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed documentation that was lacking the Rake module name (Tilman Sauerbeck).
    • โž• Added tar.gz and tar.bz2 support to package task (Tilman Sauerbeck).
    • ๐Ÿ‘ Recursive rules are now supported (Tilman Sauerbeck).
    • โž• Added warning option for the Test Task (requested by Eric Hodel).
    • The jamis rdoc template is only used if it exists.
    • โž• Added fix for Ruby 1.8.2 test/unit and rails problem.
    • โž• Added contributed rake man file (Jani Monoses).
    • โž• Added Brian Candler's fix for problems in --trace and --dry-run mode.

    ==== Thanks

    ๐Ÿš€ Lots of people provided input to this release. Thanks to Tilman ๐Ÿ“š Sauerbeck for numerous patches, documentation fixes and suggestions. ๐Ÿš€ And for also pushing me to get this release out. Also, thanks to Brian Candler for the finding and fixing --trace/dry-run fix. That was an obscure bug. Also to Eric Hodel for some good suggestions.

    -- Jim Weirich