diff --git a/doc/release_notes/rake-10.0.2.rdoc b/doc/release_notes/rake-10.0.2.rdoc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b9ef26787 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release_notes/rake-10.0.2.rdoc @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ += Rake 10.0.2 Released + + "Jim, when will Rake reach version 1.0?" + +Over the past several years I've been asked that question at +conferences, panels and over twitter. Due to historical reasons (or +maybe just plain laziness) Rake has (incorrectly) been treating the +second digit of the version as the major release number. So in my head +Rake was already at version 9. + +Well, it's time to fix things. This next version of Rake drops old, +crufty, backwards compatibility hacks such as top level constants, DSL +methods defined in Object and numerous other features that are just no +longer desired. It's also time to drop the leading zero from the +version number as well and call this new version of rake what it +really is: Version 10. + +So, welcome to Rake 10.0! + +Rake 10 is actually feature identical to the latest version of Rake 9 +(that would be the version spelled 0.9.3), *except* that Rake 10 drops +all the sundry deprecated features that have accumulated over the years. + +If your Rakefile is up to date and current with all the new features +of Rake 10, you are ready to go. If your Rakefile still uses a few +deprecated feeatures, feel free to use Rake 9 (0.9.3) with the same +feature set. Just be aware that future features will be in Rake 10 +family line. + +== Changes in Version 10 + +As mentioned above, there are no new features in Rake 10. However, +there are a number of features missing: + +* Classic namespaces are now gone. Rake is no longer able to reflect + the options settings in the global variables ($rakefile, $show_tasks, + $show_prereqs, $trace, $dryrun and $silent). The + --classic-namespace option is no longer supported. + +* Global constants are no longer supported. This includes + Task, FileTask, FileCreationTask and + RakeApp). The constant missing hook to warn about using + global rake constants has been removed. + +* The Rake DSL methods (task, file, directory, etc) are in their own + module (Rake::DSL). The stub versions of these methods (that printed + warnings) in Object have been removed. However, the DSL methods are + added to the top-level main object. Since main is + not in the inheritance tree, the presence of the DSL methods in main + should be low impact on other libraries. + + If you want to use the Rake DSL commands from your own code, just + include Rake::DSL into your own classes and modules. + +* The deprecated syntax for task arguments (the one using + :needs) has been removed. + +* The --reduce-compat flag has been removed (it's not needed + anymore). + +* The deprecated rake/sys.rb library has been removed. + +* The deprecated rake/rdoctask.rb library has been removed. + RDoc supplies its own rake task now. + +* The deprecated rake/gempackagetask.rb library has been + removed. Gem supplies its own package task now. + +There is one small behavioral change: + +* Non-file tasks now always report the current time as their time + stamp. This is different from the previous behavior where non-file + tasks reported current time only if there were no prerequisites, and + the max prerequisite timestamp otherwise. This lead to inconsistent + and surprising behavior when adding prerequisites to tasks that in + turn were prequisites to file tasks. The new behavior is more + consistent and predictable. + +== Changes (from 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5) + +Since Rake 10 includes the changes from the last version of Rake 9, +we'll repeat the changes for versions 0.9.3 through 0.9.5 here. + +=== New Features (in 0.9.3) + +* Multitask tasks now use a thread pool. Use -j to limit the number of + available threads. + +* Use -m to turn regular tasks into multitasks (use at your own risk). + +* You can now do "Rake.add_rakelib 'dir'" in your Rakefile to + programatically add rake task libraries. + +* You can specific backtrace suppression patterns (see + --supress-backtrace) + +* Directory tasks can now take prerequisites and actions + +* Use --backtrace to request a full backtrace without the task trace. + +* You can say "--backtrace=stdout" and "--trace=stdout" to route trace + output to standard output rather than standard error. + +* Optional 'phony' target (enable with 'require 'rake/phony'") for + special purpose builds. + +* Task#clear now clears task comments as well as actions and + prerequisites. Task#clear_comment will specifically target comments. + +* The --all option will force -T and -D to consider all the tasks, + with and without descriptions. + +=== Bug Fixes (in 0.9.3) + +* Semi-colons in windows rakefile paths now work. + +* Improved Control-C support when invoking multiple test suites. + +* egrep method now reads files in text mode (better support for + Windows) + +* Better deprecation line number reporting. + +* The -W option now works with all tasks, whether they have a + description or not. + +* File globs in rake should not be sorted alphabetically, independent + of file system and platform. + +* Numerous internal improvements. + +* Documentation typos and fixes. + +=== Bug Fixes (in 0.9.4) + +* Exit status with failing tests is not correctly set to non-zero. + +* Simplified syntax for phony task (for older versions of RDoc). + +* Stand alone FileList usage gets glob function (without loading in + extra dependencies) + +=== Bug Fixes (in 0.9.5) + +* --trace and --backtrace no longer swallow following task names. + +== What is Rake + +Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways. But +instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to +declare tasks and dependencies. You have the full power of a modern +scripting language built right into your build tool. + +== Availability + +The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ... + + gem install rake (you may need root/admin privileges) + +Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places: + +Home Page:: http://github.com/jimweirich/rake +Download:: http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50 +GitHub:: git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git + +== Thanks + +As usual, it was input from users that drove a lot of these changes. The +following people contributed patches, made suggestions or made +otherwise helpful comments. Thanks to ... + +* Aaron Patterson +* Dylan Smith +* Jo Liss +* Jonas Pfenniger +* Kazuki Tsujimoto +* Michael Bishop +* Michael Elufimov +* NAKAMURA Usaku +* Ryan Davis +* Sam Grönblom +* Sam Phippen +* Sergio Wong +* Tay Ray Chuan +* grosser +* quix + +Also, many thanks to Eric Hodel for assisting with getting this release +out the door. + +-- Jim Weirich