The Latest Release of Ruby, Version 1.8.6, Now Available

So, *WOW*! It's been a bit of time since I last wrote an entry on this blog. Lack of interest? Nope! In fact, the exact opposite is true, something in which you will be learning about in the *VERY* near future in regards to what I have been spending my time developing for all of y'alls development pleasure.

In the mean time, just noticed the following @ http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2007/03/12/ruby-1-8-6-released/ and thought I would quickly bring it to your attention,

---
Ruby 1.8.6 has been released. (announced on [ruby-list:43267])

The source is available under three formats.

*

<URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2> (md5: e558a0e00ae318d43bf6ff9af452bad2,

sha256: 0fc6ad0b31d8ec3997db2a56a2ac1c235283a3607abb876300fc711b3f8e3dd7,
size: 3946186)

*

<URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz> (md5: 23d2494aa94e7ae1ecbbb8c5e1507683,

sha256: 3ef37fb961d04471a1aef2c8079d6fab09932e3281d79859d5cd5d426bde0868,
size: 4589394)

*

<URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.zip> (md5: 5f4b82cec8f437634e05a3ce9bb3ca67,

sha256: c4b011d66b3f7e3bddbdf61a7404120d5ac80c6b742ad08e7e75b6d14ee56e76,
size: 5545642)

For a brief list of user visible changes and a full list of all changes since 1.8.5, see the bundled files named NEWS and ChangeLog, which are also available at the following locations:

* <URL:http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_6/NEWS>
* <URL:http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_6/ChangeLog>

After this announcement, we will start the development for 1.8.7 as well as maintaining the "ruby_1_8_6" branch on which only critical bugs and security vulnerabilities found in the 1.8.6 release are fixed, and patch releases will follow on appropriate and timely occasions. Please check them out after upgrading Ruby to 1.8.6.
---

Enjoy your collective dev-days!