image_science version 1.2.1 has been released!
ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates
thumbnails – and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it
doesn’t leak memory like a sieve. 
For more information including build steps, see
http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/
Changes:
1.2.1 / 2009-08-14
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2 minor enhancements:
- Added luis’ patches to make it build properly on windows.
- with_image now raises on missing/bad files.