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 1= Rake 0.8.5 Released
 2
 3Rake version 0.8.5 is a new release of Rake with greatly improved
 4support for executing commands on Windows.  The "sh" command now has
 5the same semantics on Windows that it has on Unix based platforms.
 6
 7== Changes
 8
 9=== New Features / Enhancements in Version 0.8.5
10
11* Improved implementation of the Rake system command for Windows.
12  (patch from James M. Lawrence/quix)
13
14* Support for Ruby 1.9's improved system command.  (patch from James
15  M. Lawrence/quix)
16
17* Rake now includes the configured extension when invoking an
18  executable (Config::CONFIG['EXEEXT])
19
20=== Bug Fixes in Version 0.8.5
21
22* Environment variable keys are now correctly cased (it matters in
23  some implementations).
24
25== What is Rake
26
27Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways. But
28instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
29declare tasks and dependencies. You have the full power of a modern
30scripting language built right into your build tool.
31
32== Availability
33
34The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
35
36  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
37
38Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
39
40Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
41Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
42GitHub::    git://github.com/jimweirich/rake.git
43
44== Thanks
45
46As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes. The
47following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or made
48otherwise helpful comments.  Thanks to ...
49
50* James M. Lawrence/quix
51* Luis Lavena
52
53-- Jim Weirich