# Libxml-Ruby 0.3.8.2 now available

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libxml-ruby-0-3-8-2-now-available/77163>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 24, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libxml-ruby-0-3-8-2-now-available/77163 "2006-11-24T21:39:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libxml-ruby-0-3-8-2-now-available/77163/1 "2006-11-24T21:39:01Z")

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Libxml-Ruby 0.3.8.2 is now available from Rubyforge  
([http://libxml.rubyforge.org](http://libxml.rubyforge.org)). Libxml-Ruby provides Ruby bindings to  
libxml2, the high-speed, high-capability XML processing library used by  
the GNOME project.

This release includes critical bug-fixes and cross-platform installation  
improvements backported from the current 0.4 development effort, and is  
a  
highly-recommended upgrade for all Libxml-Ruby 0.3.x users.

Changes for this release:

- Reimplemented XML::Node memory management
- Reimplemented node copy handling
- Reimplemented attribute memory handling
- Fixed attribute list traversal (bug #4719)
- Tested fix of bug #4635
- Integrated Luc Van Deuren’s cdata/comment node patch
- Fixed test-naming bugs
- Fixed doc build bug
- Fixed parser error handler proc early GC bug
- include stdarg.h on ruby\_xml\_document

Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and contributed patches.