# IronRuby

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## [Compare Patch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compare-patch/119939)

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**Author:** [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compare-patch/119939 "2007-11-13T08:26:46Z")

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Following on from the discussions about the \<=\> operator and the Range operator. The situation in the MRI is not consistent. There are some cases where an exception is thrown and some where nil is returned and in th…

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## [FW: Quick update on IronRuby status](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fw-quick-update-on-ironruby-status/119998)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fw-quick-update-on-ironruby-status/119998 "2007-11-12T20:09:01Z")

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Whoops … sent this out to ruby-talk by accident :frowning: -John

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## [IronRuby Visual Form Designer (preview)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-visual-form-designer-preview/118863)

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**Author:** [@huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huw)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-visual-form-designer-preview/118863 "2007-11-12T17:50:55Z")

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I’ve just put online a short walkthrough demo of our form designer for IronRuby. I thought people might be interested to take a look… http://www.sapphiresteel.com/IronRuby-Visual-Form-Designer best wishes Huw

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## [Implementation plan and a string question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementation-plan-and-a-string-question/119560)

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**Author:** [@lee\_c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lee_c)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementation-plan-and-a-string-question/119560 "2007-11-10T02:24:56Z")

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I’ve been playing with IronRuby a bit today, and I notice that the reflection methods are not yet implemented (e.g. running “”.methods in the interpreter does not produce the expected result). This is not surprising,…

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## [Hosting the DLR and passing data to scripts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-the-dlr-and-passing-data-to-scripts/119567)

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**Author:** [@josetomas\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josetomas_r)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-the-dlr-and-passing-data-to-scripts/119567 "2007-11-08T13:43:49Z")

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I’ve been playing with the DLR hosting interfaces and running ruby code this way; it’s a really, really nifty feature that I’m already loving! I can see a lot of cool scenarios this will be useful, such as providing …

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## [IronRuby and Dictionaries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-and-dictionaries/119558)

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**Author:** [@Miguel\_de\_Icaza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Miguel_de_Icaza)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-and-dictionaries/119558 "2007-11-08T00:05:34Z")

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Hello John, First the simple problem: I have been investigating some of the failures in the IronRuby test suite while running on Mono. Some of the problems in the tests depend on the order that Dictionary\<\>'s GetEnu…

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## [IronRuby example codes for image processing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-example-codes-for-image-processing/119457)

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**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-example-codes-for-image-processing/119457 "2007-11-07T03:31:20Z")

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I found these interesting example codes in IronRuby for image processing. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/arikui/20070918/1190050541 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/arikui/20071107/1194367856 Unfortunately, codes won’t run out of the bo…

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## [Test - please ignore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-please-ignore/119448)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-please-ignore/119448 "2007-11-07T02:11:51Z")

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Testing the list server.

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## [Avoiding excessive newline diff in Initializer.Generated.cs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/avoiding-excessive-newline-diff-in-initializer-generated-cs/118918)

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**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/avoiding-excessive-newline-diff-in-initializer-generated-cs/118918 "2007-11-01T11:16:19Z")

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The goal of this one-line fix is to avoid excessive newline diff in Initializer.Generated.cs when one runs ClassInitGenerator on non-Windows platforms. http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/download/IronRuby/patch-gen-n…

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## [Anyone going to RubyConf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-going-to-rubyconf/118612)

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**Author:** [@nielsene](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nielsene)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-going-to-rubyconf/118612 "2007-10-31T14:09:30Z")

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So who’s going to RubyConf in Charlotte, NC on Friday? I’d love to meet some of the people on the list if you are going to be around, and hear about what projects you are getting into. Want to meet up for a beer/sod…

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## [Case sensitivity](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/case-sensitivity/118694)

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**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/case-sensitivity/118694 "2007-10-30T06:11:48Z")

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There are still some places in IronRuby that depends on case insensitive file system. :compile\_testhost task generates IronRubyTestHost.exe, but :test\_compiler task runs ironrubytesthost.exe. test\_\*.rb requires util/…

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## [Range](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/range/118526)

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**Author:** [@curthibbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/curthibbs)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/range/118526 "2007-10-30T06:07:07Z")

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http://hagenlocher.org/software/Range.diff.txt This patch fixes Range.to\_s to correctly show … instead of … for exclusive ranges. It adds the functions “step” and “hash”. It adds the aliases “eql?” for “==” and “incl…

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## [At Revision 46, Microsoft.Scripting.csproj imports SpecSharp.targets](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/at-revision-46-microsoft-scripting-csproj-imports-specsharp-targets/118307)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_JSCardiff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_JSCardiff)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/at-revision-46-microsoft-scripting-csproj-imports-specsharp-targets/118307 "2007-10-29T23:27:23Z")

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Since the SpecSharp.targets its not in trunk VS is unable to load the project. BTW: Hi all! I am trying to keep up to date with this great project and I expect to have some time to collaborate in the following weeks. …

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## [Hiccup with WPF/Button events](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hiccup-with-wpf-button-events/118505)

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**Author:** [@1100101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/1100101)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hiccup-with-wpf-button-events/118505 "2007-10-29T14:02:54Z")

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Hi there, I finally found the time to play around with IronRuby today, so I compiled the latest build and tried some of the example code out there. When extending some WPF examples though, I ran into a problem with B…

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## [Detecting Mono path](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detecting-mono-path/118574)

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**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detecting-mono-path/118574 "2007-10-29T03:44:38Z")

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The official way to detect path to Mono runtime is to run pkg-config. The following patch should resolve TODO. Index: Rakefile — Rakefile (revision 53) +++ Rakefile (working copy) @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ if ENV\[‘mo…

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## [MS.Scripting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ms-scripting/118372)

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**Author:** [@olivier\_dufour](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/olivier_dufour)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ms-scripting/118372 "2007-10-27T07:24:58Z")

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Hi, I have a little question about MS.Scripting. I am making the JScript compiler for moonlight and I have used MS.Scripting.dll of silverlight all the time(v2.1). But thanks to the fact that you said that there is v…

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## [Implementing the Time class](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementing-the-time-class/118408)

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**Author:** [@nielsene](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nielsene)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/implementing-the-time-class/118408 "2007-10-27T01:13:26Z")

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So I was working on File, but that had a few routines which returned Time objects, so I started a sidetrack on that which took a little longer than I expected. I have most of it complete (except for strformat) imple…

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## [Delegates (agian)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/delegates-agian/118345)

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**Author:** [@dermothogan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dermothogan)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/delegates-agian/118345 "2007-10-26T19:38:39Z")

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I’ve been thinking about delegates and IronRuby. After playing around with trying to work with a delegate in Ruby (procs, lambdas and god-knows-what) I’ve come to the conclusion that delegates have to be supported in …

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## [IronRuby on Mono update](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-on-mono-update/118358)

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**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-on-mono-update/118358 "2007-10-26T11:11:10Z")

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I updated instructions and patches here: http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/download/IronRuby/ So, the current summary is: Build Mono from SVN (tested r88240) Checkout IronRuby from SVN (tested r50) Apply patch-mono…

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## [FYI Code Review: MutableStringOps and StringScanner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-code-review-mutablestringops-and-stringscanner/118382)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-code-review-mutablestringops-and-stringscanner/118382 "2007-10-26T11:09:25Z")

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A big thanks to Curt H. who submitted some patches for both MutableStringOps and StringScanner! Curt’s patch was our first external contribution, and it took a while because our process isn’t quite streamlined for thi…

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## [Checked in a Rakefile that should work correctly with Linux filesystem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checked-in-a-rakefile-that-should-work-correctly-with-linux-filesystem/118203)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checked-in-a-rakefile-that-should-work-correctly-with-linux-filesystem/118203 "2007-10-26T03:16:06Z")

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Can someone with a Linux box please verify that this works correctly? Thanks, -John

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## ["Taint" and (internal) copy constructors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/taint-and-internal-copy-constructors/118262)

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**Author:** [@curthibbs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/curthibbs)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/taint-and-internal-copy-constructors/118262 "2007-10-25T19:24:13Z")

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Currently, the copy constructors for the MutableString class will “lose” the taint flag on the string being copied. One practical consequence of this is that any builtins that store local copies of the MutableString…

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## [Form Designer adding delegates](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-designer-adding-delegates/118226)

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**Author:** [@dermothogan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dermothogan)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-designer-adding-delegates/118226 "2007-10-25T18:48:44Z")

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I’ve got most of the form designer working ok now, so I’m going to start working on the MSBuild, project & item integration. However, I’ve got a couple of problems/questions. IronRuby doesn’t like the delegate op as…

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## [How our libraries stack up against the specs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-our-libraries-stack-up-against-the-specs/117339)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-our-libraries-stack-up-against-the-specs/117339 "2007-10-25T07:29:42Z")

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I re-implemented parts of the Rubinius test suite harness to use features that are implemented in IronRuby. The good news is that we’re using the specs as written without any changes at all. The spec suite driver curr…

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## [Libraries split is now complete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libraries-split-is-now-complete/118238)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libraries-split-is-now-complete/118238 "2007-10-25T01:45:32Z")

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Revision 48 in SVN now contains the refactored library code. All library code should now go into src\\ironruby.libraries. You’ll also notice that the generateinitializers.cmd script lives there now, along with the Init…

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## [Revision 45 up on SVN](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-45-up-on-svn/118121)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-45-up-on-svn/118121 "2007-10-24T22:39:35Z")

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I fixed the Rakefile and pushed up Revision 45 to Subversion today. This gives you the latest bits as of this morning from my desktop here in Redmond. Of note in this release is the AstRewriter that Martin wrote. This…

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## [Pathname](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pathname/118131)

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**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pathname/118131 "2007-10-24T20:53:03Z")

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John L. wrote: after looking at your changes to the Rakefile, most of them fall in the bucket of using File.join() to concatenate pathname elements rather than using a canonical delimiter ‘’. I was under the impression…

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## [Yaml Parser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-parser/117724)

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**Author:** [@adam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adam)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yaml-parser/117724 "2007-10-24T04:23:10Z")

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Has anyone else started working on a Yaml parser? If so, how can I contribute?

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## [SVN reverted to revsion 44](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-reverted-to-revsion-44/118107)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-reverted-to-revsion-44/118107 "2007-10-23T22:40:43Z")

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Thanks to the timely work of Tom C., the Rubyforge sysadmin, we’re back to where we were yesterday. Now, cross your fingers that I don’t screw things up again this time :slight\_smile: -John

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## [Uh oh - I think I pooched the SVN repository](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uh-oh-i-think-i-pooched-the-svn-repository/118002)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uh-oh-i-think-i-pooched-the-svn-repository/118002 "2007-10-23T17:50:07Z")

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The last two commits were pretty complex and I think something got screwed up in the SVN repository. I think we did some transforms that my layout transform script is not getting right. It looks like I need to rollbac…

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