# Ruby Reports 0.4.4

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-reports-0-4-4/62574>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 6, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-reports-0-4-4/62574 "2006-06-06T07:28:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-reports-0-4-4/62574/1 "2006-06-06T07:28:59Z")

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== Ruport 0.4.4 ==  
The “Hey, I’ve got a brand new formatting engine” Edition

== About ==

Ruby Reports is a software library that aims to make the task of  
reporting less tedious and painful. It provides tools for data  
acquisition, database interaction, formatting, and parsing/munging.

== New in this release ==

Originally was going to fix a bug or two and clean house a bit. The  
cat dragged in a brand spankin’ new extensible format engine. I  
ported (almost) all of Ruport’s Format::Builder functionality over to  
it, and plan to deprecate the old system within the next two weeks.

I also set up an infogami page with some up to date install  
procedures, some bug reports, some other things, blah blah. Less  
ascii art of pacman ghosts, more information[0]

And for the first time ever, I wrote a real tutorial[1]. It might  
even be useful. It’s for the new engine, which I’ve given the name  
Alioth because I am tired of saying Ruport::Format::Engine. But  
that’s just a nickname. Okay? 🙂

Oh yeah… And also, Ruport is now a 2006 Google Summer of Code project.  
Wheee! Expect releases every 10 days or so for the rest of the summer.

== Installing Ruport ==

it’s a gem. it can also be installed via setup.rb

detailed instructions available [2]

=== SVN tag ===

svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/ruport/tags/rel\_0\_4\_4

=== Project Download Page ===

[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=856](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=856)

=== Resources ===

[0] [http://reporting.stonecode.org](http://reporting.stonecode.org)  
[1] [http://ruport.infogami.com/Formatting\_System\_HOWTO](http://ruport.infogami.com/Formatting_System_HOWTO)  
[2] [http://ruport.infogami.com/Installation](http://ruport.infogami.com/Installation)

Please join the mailing list and bombard me with questions,  
suggestions, and bug reports. Also feel free to contribute to the  
wiki[0]

List sign up / archives:  
[http://lists.stonecode.org/listinfo.cgi/ruport-stonecode.org](http://lists.stonecode.org/listinfo.cgi/ruport-stonecode.org)

=== Acknowledgements ===

The usual suspects.

JEG2, Francis H., the ruby reports mailing list, RubyTalk,  
new\_haven.rb, NYC.rb, #ruby\_lang, BTree Technology

=== Apology ===

These release notes are really slipshod. I promise the most exciting  
release notes ever next time. But seriously, check out the wiki[0],  
because I updated all the info up there.