# Fixing Watir Problem, was Re: Watir is acting retarded

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixing-watir-problem-was-re-watir-is-acting-retarded/159588>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 6, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixing-watir-problem-was-re-watir-is-acting-retarded/159588 "2009-02-06T02:39:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixing-watir-problem-was-re-watir-is-acting-retarded/159588/1 "2009-02-06T02:39:17Z")

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Daniel,

Should we release a new Watir gem installer that requires these updated  
files?

Bret

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixing-watir-problem-was-re-watir-is-acting-retarded/159588/2 "2009-02-06T05:40:35Z")

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On Feb 5, 6:38 pm, Bret P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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> 
> Daniel,
> 
> Should we release a new Watir gem installer that requires these updated  
> files?

Wouldn’t hurt I suppose. It would probably be less confusing.

Sorry for the trouble.

Regards,

Dan

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**Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixing-watir-problem-was-re-watir-is-acting-retarded/159588/3 "2009-02-12T08:05:20Z")

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Daniel,

I updated the gemspec for Watir and distributed a new gem (privately)  
but it  
did not fix this problem. My understanding is that bad gems were  
released  
and then new gems were released with the same version numbers. Is this  
true?

If it is, then the only reliable solution would be for you to re-release  
the  
fixed gems with an incremented version number. This is the only way that  
the  
gem system will be sure to update people who have the bad gems.

We are getting more and more complaints about this, and the current  
solution  
is very complicated to explain to people, so I would appreciate your  
help in  
finding a simple solution.

I’m not sure I really understand the situation. If not, I would  
appreciate  
clarification.

Bret

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Daniel B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Sorry for the trouble.
> 
> > > > win32-api 1.3.0 or later  
> > > > –  
> > > > Bret P.  
> > > > GTalk: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> > > > CTO, WatirCraft LLC,[http://www.watircraft.com](http://www.watircraft.com)  
> > > > Lead Developer, Watir,[http://wtr.rubyforge.org](http://wtr.rubyforge.org)  
> > > > Blog (Essays),[http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog](http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog)[http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog](http://www.io.com/%7Ewazmo/blog)  
> > > > MiniBlog (Links),[Bret's Recommendations](http://feeds.feedburner.com/bretshotlist)

–  
Bret P.  
GTalk: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
CTO, WatirCraft LLC, [http://www.watircraft.com](http://www.watircraft.com)  
Lead Developer, Watir, [http://www.watir.com](http://www.watir.com)  
Blog (Essays), [http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog](http://www.io.com/~wazmo/blog)  
MiniBlog (Links), [Bret's Recommendations](http://feeds.feedburner.com/bretshotlist)  
Training, [http://www.watircraft.com/watir-training](http://www.watircraft.com/watir-training)