# Ruby Weekly News
[2005-02-20] by chad
Tim Sutherland announced the latest publication of the Ruby Weekly News. The Ruby Weekly News is a weekly summary of the ruby-talk mailing list. Tim recently resurrected it after an extended hiatus.
The Ruby Weekly News is a great way to stay in touch with what's happening in the world of ruby-talk as its volume continues to grow. Many thanks to Tim for this valuable resource!
# Ruby 1.8.2 released!
[2004-12-25] by maki
Matz announced that ruby 1.8.2 was released ( [ruby-talk:124413] and [ruby-talk:124434]).
This is mainly a bug fix release. You can download it at:
md5sum is 8ffc79d96f336b80f2690a17601dea9b
Merry Christmas!
# Chinese translation of www.ruby-lang.org
[2004-12-25] by shugo
Chinese translation of www.ruby-lang.org is available now. Thanks, KOBAYASHI Toshihito.
# 1.8.2 preview4 released
[2004-12-22] by usa
Matz announced that ruby 1.8.2 preview4 was released ( [ruby-core:04000]).
md5sum is 2f53d4dc4b24e37799143645772aabd0.
You can download it at:
# Pragmatic Bookshelf planning a series of Ruby books
[2004-12-19] by dblack
"Programming Ruby" author Dave Thomas of the Pragmatic Programmers announced plans for a series of Ruby books from the Pragmatic Bookshelf (the Pragmatic Programmers' own imprint). "The intent is to create a series of books with a deeply practical focus. We won't just document APIs. Instead, we want to show how to get _value_ from those APIs---how to solve real-world problems."
See the full announcement for more information, including follow-up guidelines for potential authors.
# Ruby Codefest Grant Program announced by Ruby Central, Inc.
[2004-12-02] by dblack
Ruby Central, Inc. has announced its first Ruby Codefest Grant Program. This program is designed to provide support for local and regional groups working on development of Ruby libraries. (See full text of the announcement.)
You can apply for a grant on behalf of your group.
# 1.8.2 preview3 released
[2004-11-08] by usa
Matz announced that ruby 1.8.2 preview3 was released ( [ruby-core:03694]).
md5sum is 64478c70a44a48af1a1c256a43e5dc61.
You can download it at:
# RSYNC service restart
# Ruby Forum
[2004-09-22] by shugo
A link to Ruby Forum was added to Community
Alexey Verkhovsky saids, `Ruby Forum is a newly created bulletin board for discussing Ruby. Unlike ruby-talk mailing list, it allows anonymous posting and implements more understandable interface for searching. Intended target audience of this forum is newcomers to Ruby that are not committed enough to subscribe to a 100+ posts/day mailing list.'
# Korean translation of www.ruby-lang.org
[2004-09-18] by shugo
Korean translation of www.ruby-lang.org is available. Thanks to Bryan Kang.