# Ruby 1.8.7-p17 has been released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-p17-has-been-released/139958 "2008-06-09T15:19:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-p17-has-been-released/139958/1 "2008-06-09T15:19:18Z")
Folks, I am pleased to announce Ruby 1.8.7-p17, the latest patch release from the Ruby 1.8.7 series. This release fixes several problems and bugs found and reported in the 1.8.7 release to improve stabilities and compatibilities. The source code package is available in three formats at the following locations: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p17.zip Checksums: MD5 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.bz2) = 4bbcf952fad200f4d265cb77a123d2fc SHA256 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.bz2) = f205c586764ffbd944b4ec6439bd08286e3e7b27bc9448e74949e76c63f6016b SIZE (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.bz2) = 4114057 MD5 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.gz) = 5b4bf50111d037aab6ea9ce1ad54e6ed SHA256 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.gz) = f0b1f4eeeffb8a4a5c9f10ec657f55e5ccbfc85583f546131a0d4d70cfbb317d SIZE (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.gz) = 4803589 MD5 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.zip) = 19255930b0e955c2287bf940db35ca38 SHA256 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.zip) = 58639c0d444782f3af9e45f90ff8b4d8047032b12e87d82fbcd4c608e43030d8 SIZE (ruby-1.8.7-p17.zip) = 5879852 For a brief list of user visible changes and a full list of all changes, see the bundled files named NEWS and ChangeLog, which are also available at the following locations: [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1\_8\_7/NEWS](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7/NEWS) [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1\_8\_7/ChangeLog](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7/ChangeLog) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-p17-has-been-released/139958/2 "2008-06-09T15:24:39Z")
Oops, At Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:18:35 +0900, I wrote: > MD5 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.tar.gz) = 5b4bf50111d037aab6ea9ce1ad54e6ed > also available at the following locations: > > [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1\_8\_7/NEWS](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7/NEWS) > [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1\_8\_7/ChangeLog](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7/ChangeLog) Of course I meant: [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1\_8\_7\_17/NEWS](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7_17/NEWS) [http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1\_8\_7\_17/ChangeLog](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7_17/ChangeLog) ---
**Author:** ![Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-p17-has-been-released/139958/3 "2008-06-09T18:04:30Z")
For those who already have ruby-1.8.7 downloaded, I put a patch also: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz MD5 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz) = 9596b6dc0f3de9c6c07c5393cb307407 SHA256 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz) = d51d4c7278f827a91cfcf8cefe2261c12a709eb27e825b84bce61afa814f5e8d SIZE (ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz) = 23658 Use it wisely to save the bandwidth! At Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:22:28 +0900, ---
**Author:** ![Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-p17-has-been-released/139958/4 "2008-06-09T18:32:09Z")
> MD5 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz) = 9596b6dc0f3de9c6c07c5393cb307407 > SHA256 (ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz) = > d51d4c7278f827a91cfcf8cefe2261c12a709eb27e825b84bce61afa814f5e8d > SIZE (ruby-1.8.7-p17.diff.gz) = 23658 > > Use it wisely to save the bandwidth! Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just do “gem update ruby”? Just a thought. Regards, Dan This communication is the property of Qwest and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.