RubyInstaller-2.5.8-2 - 2020-10-06

Added

• Add migration of new MSYS2 signature keys to "ridk install". #184, #182
• Add RDoc based RI documentation as an install option.
• Run autorebase.bat at installation on 32 bit x86 systems.
  This is required with more recent versions of msys32.
• Kill running MSYS2 processes for MSYS2 initialization and update.
  This avoids the error "size of shared memory region changed" when MSYS2 core DLLs are changed.
• ridk use improvements:
  • sorts the list of rubies
  • plays well together with ridk enable now
  • removes itself from PATH when returning to original ruby.

Changed

• Move HTML documentation to optional install component "Ruby RI and HTML documentation".
• Update to OpenSSL-1.1.1g, libffi-3.3 and gcc-10.2.
• Update to InnoSetup-6 which enables a larger and resizable installer window.
• Skip gemspec based package install if dependency is already satisfied. #67
  This avoids unwanted/unnecessary up- or downgrades of MSYS2/MINGW packages on "gem install" when a package is already installed and the version meets optional version constraints.
• Update of the SSL CA certificate list.
• Fix a memory leak in DllDirectory.
• Fix vendoring issue of recent MSYS2 system.

Removed

• Remove automake versions before automake-1.12
• Remove now unused Gem install helper.

RubyInstaller-2.7.1-1 - 2020-04-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.7.1, see release notes.
• Update to OpenSSL-1.1.1f .
• Don't update MSYS/MINGW packages at ridk install per default. #168
• Show compiler version, used to build ruby in ridk version. #171
• IRB history is rewritten to UTF-8 on first start of irb.

RubyInstaller-2.6.6-1 - 2020-04-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.6.6, see release notes.
• Update to OpenSSL-1.1.1f .
• 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 for new installations.
• IRB history is rewritten to UTF-8 on first start of irb.
• Don't update MSYS/MINGW packages at ridk install per default. #168
• Show compiler version, used to build ruby in ridk version. #171

RubyInstaller-2.5.8-1 - 2020-04-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.5.8, see release notes.
• Update to OpenSSL-1.1.1f .
• 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 for new installations.
• IRB history is rewritten to UTF-8 on first start of irb.
• Don't update MSYS/MINGW packages at ridk install per default. #168
• Show compiler version, used to build ruby in ridk version. #171

RubyInstaller-2.4.10-1 - 2020-04-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.4.10, see release notes.
• Update to OpenSSL-1.0.2u .
• 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 for new installations.
• IRB history is rewritten to UTF-8 on first start of irb.
• Don't update MSYS/MINGW packages at ridk install per default. #168
• Show compiler version, used to build ruby in ridk version. #171

RubyInstaller-2.7.0-1 - 2020-01-05

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.

RubyInstaller-2.4.9-1 - 2019-10-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.4.9, see release notes.
• Fix code signatures of installer executables. They were invalid at the 2.4.7-1 release.
• Update to OpenSSL-1.0.2t .

RubyInstaller-2.6.5-1 - 2019-10-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.6.5, see release notes.
• Fix code signatures of installer executables. They were invalid at the 2.6.4-1 release.
• Fix automatic generation of irbrc. #158
• Update to OpenSSL-1.1.1d .

RubyInstaller-2.5.7-1 - 2019-10-02

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.5.7, see release notes.
• Fix code signatures of installer executables. They were invalid at the 2.5.6-1 release.
• Fix automatic generation of irbrc. #158
• Update to OpenSSL-1.1.1d .

RubyInstaller-2.6.4-1 - 2019-09-09

Added

• Add support for scoop installer. #152

Changed

• Update to ruby-2.6.4, see release notes.
• Ignore registry entries with invalid installer data when looking for MSYS2. #154