# Ruby 1.9.0 is released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 25, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153 "2007-12-25T16:05:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/1 "2007-12-25T16:05:05Z")
Hi, We are happy to announce of the release of the 1.9.0 the development release. You can fetch it from: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.tar.bz2 407cc7d0032e19eb12216c0ebc7f17b3 ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.tar.gz b20cce98b284f7f75939c09d5c8e846d ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip 78b2a5f9a81c5f6775002c4fb24d2d75 We hope this helps you to enjoy hacking. Happy Holidays. ``` matz. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/2 "2007-12-25T16:08:13Z")
Thanks Matz!! ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/3 "2007-12-25T16:10:21Z")
On Dec 25, 10:04 am, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip > 78b2a5f9a81c5f6775002c4fb24d2d75 > > We hope this helps you to enjoy hacking. Happy Holidays. > > ``` > matz. > > ``` For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow… T. ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/4 "2007-12-25T16:16:47Z")
Congratulations! Matz. Thank you for your good jobs. And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Kazuo I. aka. Pierre I. Katz 2007/12/26, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/5 "2007-12-25T16:52:26Z")
Great christmas gift! Thanks for guys hard worked. ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/6 "2007-12-25T16:23:48Z")
Hi, For your information, here’s the test result from the released Ruby 1.9.0: sample/test.rb 858 tests 0 failed bootstraptest/ 821 tests 0 failed test/ruby/test\_\*.rb 849 tests 1935064 assertions 1 failures 0 errors test-all 3263 tests 2275950 assertions 8 failures 6 errors We couldn’t make it error free, but it’s fairly good, we hope. ``` matz. ``` In message “Re: [ANN] Ruby 1.9.0 is released” on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:04:13 +0900, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: | |Hi, | |We are happy to announce of the release of the 1.9.0 the development |release. You can fetch it from: | | ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.tar.bz2 | 407cc7d0032e19eb12216c0ebc7f17b3 ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/7 "2007-12-25T17:00:40Z")
On Dec 25, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Yukihiro M. wrote: > test/ruby/test\_\*.rb > 849 tests 1935064 assertions 1 failures 0 errors > > test-all > 3263 tests 2275950 assertions 8 failures 6 errors > > We couldn’t make it error free, but it’s fairly good, we hope. > > ``` > matz. > > ``` This alone makes today worth it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/8 "2007-12-25T17:31:06Z")
Thanks 🙂 On 12/25/07, thefed [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ``` > > matz. > > > > ``` > > This alone makes today worth it 🙂 – Sent from Gmail for mobile | [mobile.google.com](http://mobile.google.com) ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/9 "2007-12-25T17:35:59Z")
Thanks matz. ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/10 "2007-12-25T17:41:36Z")
Thanks! and Merry Christmas! 2007/12/25, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/11 "2007-12-25T17:55:29Z")
Yukihiro M. wrote: … > ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip > 78b2a5f9a81c5f6775002c4fb24d2d75 > … Thanks for the new release! Ruby is a wonderful language. The zip file above, with a link on the front page of [http://www.ruby-lang.org](http://www.ruby-lang.org), is actually linked to the tar.gz file. Just wanted to let you guys know. Thanks again, Brad ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/12 "2007-12-25T18:05:41Z")
Brad T. wrote: > Thanks for the new release! Ruby is a wonderful language. > > The zip file above, with a link on the front page of > [http://www.ruby-lang.org](http://www.ruby-lang.org), is actually linked to the tar.gz file. Just > wanted to let you guys know. Also, the 1.9.0 Windows binary is here: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/unstable/ruby-1.9.0-0-i386-mswin32.zip Not here: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mswin32/ruby-1.9.0-20070709-i386-mswin32.zip This is mis-linked here: [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/13 "2007-12-25T18:45:16Z")
Excelent. Great job! Thanks to all the Ruby Core Team, we are really excited here in Brazil as well! ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/14 "2007-12-25T18:44:46Z")
On Dec 25, 5:04 pm, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip > 78b2a5f9a81c5f6775002c4fb24d2d75 > > We hope this helps you to enjoy hacking. Happy Holidays. > > ``` > matz. > > ``` Thanks for your devoted work! Ruby is a wonderful language! ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/15 "2007-12-25T19:08:47Z")
Thank you to Matz and the many Ruby contributors! Your efforts are very much appreciated. Thank you so very much for help to make programming something I love to do. James ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/16 "2007-12-25T19:31:33Z")
Yukihiro M. wrote: > We are happy to announce of the release of the 1.9.0 the development > release. Thanks for all the amount of work you invested for this gift today! Merry Christmas! Wolfgang Nádasi-Donner ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/17 "2007-12-25T20:42:29Z")
Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip > 78b2a5f9a81c5f6775002c4fb24d2d75 > > We hope this helps you to enjoy hacking. Happy Holidays. Is this a stable release? Is it intended for production development like 1.8 was? –Ken ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/18 "2007-12-25T19:21:40Z")
This is great news. Thanks all for your effort and work! ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/19 "2007-12-25T20:44:15Z")
On Dec 25, 2007 10:04 AM, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip > 78b2a5f9a81c5f6775002c4fb24d2d75 > > We hope this helps you to enjoy hacking. Happy Holidays. Thanks Matz! Happy Holidays to everyone! Michael G. ---
**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153/20 "2007-12-25T21:25:52Z")
On Dec 25, 2007, at 11:40 , Ken B. wrote: > > We are happy to announce of the release of the 1.9.0 the development > > release. You can fetch it from: […] > Is this a stable release? Is it intended for production development > like 1.8 was? “the development release” As stated at rubyconf and elsewhere, this is a development release. It is not as solid as 1.8 currently is. It is probably not a good idea to roll out a “dot zero” of _anything_ into production (eg, I’ll NEVER roll out a dot zero (or for that matter, a dot one) of rails to my production envs). [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-0-is-released/124153.md?page=2)