# \[ANN\] JRuby 1.7.16 Released

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-jruby-1-7-16-released/70334>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [25 September 2014 20:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-jruby-1-7-16-released/70334 "2014-09-25T20:43:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 September 2014 20:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-jruby-1-7-16-released/70334/1 "2014-09-25T20:43:43Z")

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The JRuby community is pleased to announce the release of JRuby 1.7.16

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Homepage: [http://www.jruby.org/](http://www.jruby.org/)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Download: [http://www.jruby.org/download](http://www.jruby.org/download)

JRuby 1.7.16 is our sixteenth update release since JRuby 1.7.0. The primary  
goal of 1.7 point releases is to fill out any missing compatibility issues  
with Ruby 1.9.3. The community participation lately has been great. Keep  
reporting issues and sending pull requests.

Changes of note:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- 20 issues fixed for 1.7.16  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed regression which improperly wrote wrong version for OSGi bundles  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Fixed several regressions involving symbolic links and Ruby loading  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Doubled performance of FileTest.directory?

Github Issues resolved for 1.7.16

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1997 - Tempfile behavior change in 1.7.15  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1995 - Regexp regression in 1.7.15 from 1.7.13  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1994 - Snapshot builds of jruby-1\_7 jruby-jars.gem have the wrong file  
name  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1991 - Allow launch.inproc=true to expand glob patterns  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1989 - Files in axiom-types and descendants\_tracker gems use 400 and  
440 modes  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1986 - String#slice on multibyte chars raise Exception  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1983 - java -jar jruby-complete.jar -S irb doesn't work anymore  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1977 - jrubycomplete - OSGi DynamicImport-Package breaks Adobe AEM  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1975 - nil TypError on bundle install, regression 1.7.14+  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1973 - Bundle package broken after 1.7.14  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1971 - jruby-core 1.7.14 isn't a valid OSGI bundle anymore  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1965 - Gemfiles that use `:path` broken between 1.7.13 and 1.7.15  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1963 - Array#product does not coerce incoming arguments properly  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1953 - openssl ignores OpenSSL::X509::DEFAULT\_CERT\_FILE  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1950 - All RubyFileTest methods have a race condition  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1945 - File.exists?("broken\_symlink") returns true  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1942 - Bundle not working with two gemspecs - bug introduced in 1.7.14  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1715 - IOError with OpenSSL #connect\_nonblock: Writing not possible  
during handshake  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#1700 - NPE in Ripper with $ special variables  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#541 - JRuby 1.7.2 with authlogic 3.x fails to boot (OpenSSL)

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