rake-compiler version 0.8.0 has been released!
= What is rake-compiler?
rake-compiler is first and foremost a productivity tool for Ruby
developers.
It’s goal is to make the busy developer’s life easier by simplifying
the building
and packaging of Ruby extensions by simplifying code and reducing
duplication.
It follows convention over configuration by advocating a
standardized build and
package structure for both C and Java based RubyGems.
rake-compiler is the result of many hard-won experiences dealing with
several
diverse RubyGems that provided native extensions for different platforms
and
different user configurations in different ways. Details such as
differences in
code portability, differences in code clarity, and differences in
project directory
structure often made it very difficult for newcomers to those RubyGems.
From these challenges, rake-compiler was born with the single-minded
goal of
making the busy RubyGem developer’s life much less difficult.
== Feature Overview
Some of the benefits rake-compiler provides include:
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No custom rake tasks required. Less code duplication and errors.
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Painlessly build extensions on different platforms (Linux, OSX and
Windows). -
Painlessly build extensions for different Ruby implementations (JRuby,
Rubinius and MRI). -
Allow multiple extensions to be compiled inside the same gem.
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Painlessly build “fat” native gems for Windows users (from Linux or
OSX). -
Mimics RubyGems standard installation process, helping as a test
environment. -
Simplifies cross platform extension compilation (targeting Windows
from Linux).
Changes:
=== 0.8.0 / 2012-01-08
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Enhancements:
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Invocation from command line now support extra options similar to
RubyGems.
Closes #4 from Pull #47 [jonforums]$ rake compile – --with-opt-dir=/opt/local
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Bugfixes:
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Only emit cross-compilation warnings for C when
crossis invoked.
Closes #16 from Pull #48 [mvz] -
Only emit warnings when invoking cross-compilation tasks for JRuby.
Pull #45 [jfirebaugh] -
Use x86 MinGW cross-compiler. Pull #49 [larskanis]
