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A new version of Ruby Enterprise Edition has been released. The changes are as follows:

Based on Ruby 1.8.6-p114

The last Ruby Enterprise Edition release was based on Ruby 1.8.6-p111. We’ve rebased our patches against 1.8.6-p114. The security fixes are still included. We’ve also verified that this version passes the Rails unit tests.

Upgraded to tcmalloc 0.98

We’ve upgraded the memory allocator (tcmalloc) from 0.97 to 0.98. This fixes some crashes that some applications might experienced.

Usability improvements in the installer

The installer now forces the terminal to use a black background, so that the text is still readable if your terminal has a light background. Thanks to Igal Koshevoy.

Fixed sqlite3-ruby permission problems

The sqlite3-ruby gem installs files with the wrong permissions. The Ruby Enterprise Edition installer now fixes this for you.

Upgrade instructions

Via the source tarball

Please download the source tarball from the download page and run the builtin installer, as instructed on the download page. To upgrade, please install Ruby Enterprise Edition to the same prefix as you specified last time.

Via the Debian package

Please install the Debian package by downloading it from the download page.