# Thin 0.8.1 Rebel Porpoise release

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thin-0-8-1-rebel-porpoise-release/135313>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thin-0-8-1-rebel-porpoise-release/135313 "2008-04-21T02:18:33Z")\
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**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 21, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thin-0-8-1-rebel-porpoise-release/135313/1 "2008-04-21T02:18:33Z")

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Hey all,

Thin version 0.8.1 (codename Rebel Porpoise) is out!

== What’s new?

- [bug] Rescue all types of errors when processing request, fixes #62
- [bug] Use Swiftiply backend when -y option is specified, fixes #63  
and #64
- Allow passing port as a string in Server.new
- Define deferred?(env) in your Rack application to set if a request  
is handled in a thread (return true) or not (return false).

== 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