# Thin 0.8.0 Dodgy Dentist release **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 6, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thin-0-8-0-dodgy-dentist-release/134000 "2008-04-06T12:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![macournoyer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@macournoyer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/macournoyer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thin-0-8-0-dodgy-dentist-release/134000/1 "2008-04-06T12:20:59Z")
Hey all, Thin version 0.8.0 (codename Dodgy Dentist) is out! == What’s new? 2 important bugfixes, please update if you’re running in production. Also notice the -r option was renamed to -R. Builtin support for Merb, Halcyon, Rails and Ramaze, just run ‘thin start’ in your app dir and Thin will guess which adapter to use! New experimental threaded mode! - [bug] Fix server crash when header too large. - [bug] Serve static file only on GET and HEAD requests in Rails adapter, fixes #58 - Add --require (-r) option to require a library, before executing your script. - Rename --rackup short option to -R, warn and load as rackup when file ends with .ru. - List supported adapters in command usage. - Add file adapter to built-in adapter, serve static files in current directory. - Allow disabling signal handling in Server with :signals =\> false - Make Server.new arguments more flexible, can now specify any of host, port, app or hash options. - Add --backend option to specified which backend to use, closes #55 - Add threaded option to run server in threaded mode, calling the application in a thread allowing for concurrency in the Rack adapter, closes #46 - Guess which adapter to use from directory (chdir option) or use specified one in ‘adapter’ option, re #47. == Get it! Install Thin from RubyForge: gem install thin Or using my mirror: gem install thin --source [http://code.macournoyer.com](http://code.macournoyer.com) To use Thin with UNIX domain sockets you need EventMachine 0.11.0 from my gem server: gem install eventmachine --source [http://code.macournoyer.com](http://code.macournoyer.com) == Contribute Site: [http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/](http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/) Group: [http://groups.google.com/group/thin-ruby/topics](http://groups.google.com/group/thin-ruby/topics) Bugs: [Overview - Thin - thin](http://thin.lighthouseapp.com/projects/7212-thin) Code: [GitHub - macournoyer/thin: A very fast & simple Ruby web server](http://github.com/macournoyer/thin) IRC: #thin on freenode Thanks to all the people who contributed to Thin, EventMachine, Rack and Mongrel. Marc-Andre Cournoyer > **[Marc-André Cournoyer](https://www.macournoyer.com/)** > > Code, lifting & loops