# \[ANN\] hoe 1.4.0 Released

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-hoe-1-4-0-released/43222>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [22 December 2007 22:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-hoe-1-4-0-released/43222 "2007-12-22T22:46:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [22 December 2007 22:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-hoe-1-4-0-released/43222/1 "2007-12-22T22:46:13Z")

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hoe version 1.4.0 has been released!

\* \<[http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/)\>  
\* \<[http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/)\>  
\* \<[ryand-ruby@zenspider.com](mailto:ryand-ruby@zenspider.com)\>

## DESCRIPTION:

Hoe is a simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It  
generates all the usual tasks for projects including rdoc generation,  
testing, packaging, and deployment.

Tasks Provided:

\* announce - Generate email announcement file and post to rubyforge.  
\* audit - Run ZenTest against the package  
\* check\_manifest - Verify the manifest  
\* clean - Clean up all the extras  
\* config\_hoe - Create a fresh ~/.hoerc file  
\* debug\_gem - Show information about the gem.  
\* default - Run the default tasks  
\* docs - Build the docs HTML Files  
\* email - Generate email announcement file.  
\* gem - Build the gem file only.  
\* install - Install the package. Uses PREFIX and RUBYLIB  
\* install\_gem - Install the package as a gem  
\* multi - Run the test suite using multiruby  
\* package - Build all the packages  
\* post\_blog - Post announcement to blog.  
\* post\_news - Post announcement to rubyforge.  
\* publish\_docs - Publish RDoc to RubyForge  
\* release - Package and upload the release to rubyforge.  
\* ridocs - Generate ri locally for testing  
\* test - Run the test suite. Use FILTER to add to the command line.  
\* test\_deps - Show which test files fail when run alone.  
\* uninstall - Uninstall the package.

Changes:

### 1.4.0 / 2007-12-20

\* 1 Major Enhancement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* rake package now supports INLINE=1 and FORCE\_PLATFORM=whatever.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* Supports ruby\_inline extensions.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\* Contributed by Luis Lavena. Thanks Luis!

\* \<[http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/)\>  
\* \<[http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/)\>  
\* \<[ryand-ruby@zenspider.com](mailto:ryand-ruby@zenspider.com)\>