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RubyInstaller-2.7.0-1 - 2020-01-05

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@larskanis larskanis released this 05 Jan 12:35
· 336 commits to master since this release

This is the first release based on ruby-2.7.0: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/12/25/ruby-2-7-0-released/

Changes compared to RubyInstaller-2.6.5-1

  • Replace rb-readline by new reline implementation.
    It has multiline editing, better support for UTF-8 encoding and many fixes.
  • UTF-8 encoding is now enabled by default in the installer.
    This is done by setting RUBYOPT=-Eutf-8 and affects Encoding.default_encoding which is then "UTF-8" instead of the console encoding.
    See core API for more details.
    Using UTF-8 default encoding avoids inconsistencies between reading and writing files and to other operating systems.
  • IRB history is rewritten to UTF-8 if UTF-8 encoding is enabled.