# Hoe 1.1.7 Released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 10, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-1-7-released/81642 "2007-01-10T22:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-1-7-released/81642/1 "2007-01-10T22:13:32Z")
hoe version 1.1.7 has been released! [http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/) [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Hoe is a simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It generates all the usual tasks for projects including rdoc generation, testing, packaging, and deployment. Tasks Provided: - announce - Generate email announcement file and post to rubyforge. - audit - Run ZenTest against the package - check\_manifest - Verify the manifest - clean - Clean up all the extras - debug\_gem - Show information about the gem. - default - Run the default tasks - docs - Build the docs HTML Files - email - Generate email announcement file. - install - Install the package. Uses PREFIX and RUBYLIB - install\_gem - Install the package as a gem - multi - Run the test suite using multiruby - package - Build all the packages - post\_news - Post announcement to rubyforge. - publish\_docs - Publish RDoc to RubyForge - release - Package and upload the release to rubyforge. - ridocs - Generate ri locally for testing - test - Run the test suite. Use FILTER to add to the command line. - test\_deps - Show which test files fail when run alone. - uninstall - Uninstall the package. See class rdoc for help. Hint: ri Hoe Changes: = 1.1.7 2007-01-10 - extra\_deps is now self-healing, and ensures no (direct) cycles. - cleans check\_manifest for CVS projects. - rubyforge changes for config. - Now uses rsync for publish\_docs. YAY for fast! - Bug #7193 fix spelling of ‘synopsys’. Submitted by Jacob A… ---
**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-1-7-released/81642/2 "2007-01-19T16:31:08Z")
I’m glad this project’s name comes from an analogy to rake. When I first saw it, I imagined something quite different. I think I’ve been listening to too much rap. – Giles B. [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org) > **[Giles Bowkett](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)** > > half-disavowed old blog. new blog at gilesbowkett.com [http://gilesgoatboy.blogspot.com](http://gilesgoatboy.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-1-7-released/81642/3 "2007-01-19T16:31:14Z")
On Jan 12, 2007, at 1:04 AM, Giles B. wrote: > I’m glad this project’s name comes from an analogy to rake. When I > first saw it, I imagined something quite different. I think I’ve been > listening to too much rap. There was a very funny movie about this in the hoe introduction at RubyConf. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-1-7-released/81642/4 "2007-09-25T22:49:03Z")
Giles B. wrote: > I’m glad this project’s name comes from an analogy to rake. When I > first saw it, I imagined something quite different. I think I’ve been > listening to too much rap. See Ryan’s RubyConf06 slides: [Wait! They’re not up at [Ruby | zenspider.com | by ryan davis](http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/)] Ryan, What’s up? Regards, ---
**Author:** ![aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-1-7-released/81642/5 "2007-09-25T22:40:38Z")
On Jan 12, 2007, at 5:10 AM, Bil K. wrote: > Giles B. wrote: > > > I’m glad this project’s name comes from an analogy to rake. When I > > first saw it, I imagined something quite different. I think I’ve been > > listening to too much rap. > > See Ryan’s RubyConf06 slides: > > [Wait! They’re not up at [Ruby | zenspider.com | by ryan davis](http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/)] > > Ryan, What’s up? Only one person sent me anything… so I didn’t bother. Chad and/or David were supposed to ping the presenters. I’d love to put the slides up. I’ll write rubytalk asking for them.