rake-0.9.1 - rake-10.4.2 Documentation

# Rake 0.9.1 Released¶ ↑

Rake version 0.9.1 has a number of bug fixes and enhancments (see below for more details). Additionally, the internals have be slightly restructured and improved.

## Changes¶ ↑

Rake 0.9.1 adds back the global DSL methods, but with deprecation messages. This allows Rake 0.9.1 to be used with older rakefiles with warning messages.

## 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

  rake.rubyforge.org/

Download

  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 alot of these changes. The following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or made otherwise helpful comments. Thanks to …

- James M. Lawrence (quix)

- Roger Pack

- Cezary Baginski

- Sean Scot August Moon

- R.T. Lechow

- Alex Chaffee

- James Tucker

- Matthias Lüdtke

- Santiago Pastorino

Also, bit thanks to Eric Hodel for assisting with getting this release out the door (where “assisting” includes, but is not by any means limited to, “pushing” me to get it done).

– Jim Weirich