I'm pleased to announce the release of RubyInstaller packages for Ruby
2.0.0-p643
Installers and 7z binary packages are available from bintray.com:
http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads
https://bintray.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/rubyinstaller/2.0.0-p643
If I missed anything let me know.
- Justin
## Ruby 2.0.0-p634
### This is the last ordinal release of Ruby 2.0.0.
Ruby 2.0.0 has gone into a security maintenance phase.
This means there will be no more releases in the 2.0.0 version unless any
critical regressions or security issues are found.
See the Official Ruby 2.0.0-p643 release announcement for more details.
### Important information
Please note that the installers in this release are *not digitally signed*.
You can read more about this in post at RubyInstaller group:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rubyinstaller/NhAqcepQ-Xw/discussion
#### Choosing 32bits vs 64bits
Before you download a 64bits version (labeled x64), it is important you
understand that not all gems, libraries or tools have been tested for this
version.
Things are pretty close, however it is still our recommendation you
use a 32bit release.
If you have a 64bits version of Windows, you can still use 32bits, as there
is no performance issue around it.
#### Existing pre-compiled gems might not be Ruby 2.0 compatible
Ruby 2.0 and 2.1 introduced ABI breakage which means compiled C
extensions from releases in the 1.9.3 or 2.1.X series will not run
against Ruby 2.0.
**DO NOT install Ruby 2.0 on top of existing Ruby 1.9.3 or 2.1.X**, or
try to use compiled
extensions with it.
You will be required to force compilation of those gems:
gem install <name> --platform=ruby
This **will require you have the extra dependencies installed** for that gem to
compile. Look at the gem documentation for the requirements.
Please check each gem documentation and recent releases.
#### Do not use other DevKit version than the one recommended
This version of Ruby has been compiled and optimized for mingw-w64 GCC 4.7.2.
Use of older version of DevKit package to compile gems might result in
compilation issues during gem installation or simply segfaults.
Look for the DevKit installers identified with the name 'DevKit-mingw64-32' and
'DevKit-mingw64-64' for 32 and 64 bits respectively.
To be clear:
* For 32bits Ruby 2.0.0: download and install `DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2`
* For 64bits Ruby 2.0.0: download and install `DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2`
#### Known Issues
There are some issues with Development Kit configuration process that fails
to detect x64 installations of Ruby. You will need to manually edit
`config.yml` for it to work. See the following issues for details:
- https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/issues/221
- https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/pull/237
### MD5:
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8189270d01e8d1018389d4e55e94f808 *rubyinstaller-2.0.0-p643.exe
### SHA256:
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*ruby-2.0.0-p643-i386-mingw32.7z
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*ruby-2.0.0-p643-x64-mingw32.7z
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*rubyinstaller-2.0.0-p643-x64.exe
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*rubyinstaller-2.0.0-p643.exe
### Official Announcement:
* https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/02/25/ruby-2-0-0-p643-is-released/
### Enhancements:
* Upgraded Ruby 2.0.0 to patchlevel 643
* Update README to be in Markdown format