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+= Why rake?
+
+Ok, let me state from the beginning that I never intended to write this
+code.  I'm not convinced it is useful, and I'm not convinced anyone
+would even be interested in it.  All I can say is that Why's onion truck
+must by been passing through the Ohio valley.
+
+What am I talking about? ... A Ruby version of Make.
+
+See, I can sense you cringing already, and I agree.  The world certainly
+doesn't need yet another reworking of the "make" program.  I mean, we
+already have "ant".  Isn't that enough?
+
+It started yesterday.  I was helping a coworker fix a problem in one of
+the Makefiles we use in our project.  Not a particularly tough problem,
+but during the course of the conversation I began lamenting some of the
+shortcomings of make.  In particular, in one of my makefiles I wanted to
+determine the name of a file dynamically and had to resort to some
+simple scripting (in Ruby) to make it work.  "Wouldn't it be nice if you
+could just use Ruby inside a Makefile" I said.
+
+My coworker (a recent convert to Ruby) agreed, but wondered what it
+would look like.  So I sketched the following on the whiteboard...
+
+    "What if you could specify the make tasks in Ruby, like this ..."
+
+      task "build" do
+        java_compile(...args, etc ...)
+      end
+
+    "The task function would register "build" as a target to be made,
+    and the block would be the action executed whenever the build
+    system determined that it was time to do the build target."
+
+We agreed that would be cool, but writing make from scratch would be WAY
+too much work.  And that was the end of that!
+
+... Except I couldn't get the thought out of my head.  What exactly
+would be needed to make the about syntax work as a make file?  Hmmm, you
+would need to register the tasks, you need some way of specifying
+dependencies between tasks, and some way of kicking off the process. 
+Hey!  What if we did ... and fifteen minutes later I had a working
+prototype of Ruby make, complete with dependencies and actions.
+
+I showed the code to my coworker and we had a good laugh.  It was just
+about a page worth of code that reproduced an amazing amount of the
+functionality of make.  We were both truely stunned with the power of
+Ruby.
+
+But it didn't do everything make did.  In particular, it didn't have
+timestamp based file dependencies (where a file is rebuilt if any of its
+prerequisite files have a later timestamp).  Obviously THAT would be a
+pain to add and so Ruby Make would remain an interesting experiment.
+
+... Except as I walked back to my desk, I started thinking about what
+file based dependecies would really need.  Rats!  I was hooked again,
+and by adding a new class and two new methods, file/timestamp
+dependencies were implemented.
+
+Ok, now I was really hooked.  Last night (during CSI!) I massaged the
+code and cleaned it up a bit.  The result is a bare-bones replacement
+for make in exactly 100 lines of code.
+
+For the curious, you can see it at ...
+* doc/proto_rake.rdoc
+
+Oh, about the name.  When I wrote the example Ruby Make task on my
+whiteboard, my coworker exclaimed "Oh! I have the perfect name: Rake ...
+Get it?  Ruby-Make. Rake!"  He said he envisioned the tasks as leaves
+and Rake would clean them up  ... or something like that.  Anyways, the
+name stuck.
+
+Some quick examples ...
+
+A simple task to delete backup files ...
+
+   task :clean do
+     Dir['*~'].each {|fn| rm fn rescue nil}
+   end
+
+Note that task names are symbols (they are slightly easier to type
+than quoted strings ... but you may use quoted string if you would
+rather). Rake makes the methods of the FileUtils module directly
+available, so we take advantage of the <tt>rm</tt> command.  Also note
+the use of "rescue nil" to trap and ignore errors in the <tt>rm</tt>
+command.
+
+To run it, just type "rake clean".  Rake will automatically find a
+Rakefile in the current directory (or above!) and will invoke the
+targets named on the command line.  If there are no targets explicitly
+named, rake will invoke the task "default".
+
+Here's another task with dependencies ...
+
+   task :clobber => [:clean] do
+     rm_r "tempdir"
+   end
+
+Task :clobber depends upon task :clean, so :clean will be run before
+:clobber is executed. 
+
+Files are specified by using the "file" command.  It is similar to the
+task command, except that the task name represents a file, and the task
+will be run only if the file doesn't exist, or if its modification time
+is earlier than any of its prerequisites.
+
+Here is a file based dependency that will compile "hello.cc" to
+"hello.o".
+
+   file "hello.cc"
+   file "hello.o" => ["hello.cc"] do |t|
+     srcfile = t.name.sub(/\.o$/, ".cc")
+     sh %{g++ #{srcfile} -c -o #{t.name}}
+   end
+
+I normally specify file tasks with string (rather than symbols).  Some
+file names can't be represented by symbols.  Plus it makes the
+distinction between them more clear to the casual reader.  
+
+Currently writing a task for each and every file in the project would be
+tedious at best.  I envision a set of libraries to make this job
+easier.  For instance, perhaps something like this ...
+
+   require 'rake/ctools'
+   Dir['*.c'].each do |fn|
+     c_source_file(fn)
+   end
+
+where "c_source_file" will create all the tasks need to compile all the
+C source files in a directory.  Any number of useful libraries could be
+created for rake.
+
+That's it.  There's no documentation (other than whats in this
+message).  Does this sound interesting to anyone?  If so, I'll continue
+to clean it up and write it up and publish it on RAA.  Otherwise, I'll
+leave it as an interesting excerise and a tribute to the power of Ruby.
+
+Why /might/ rake be interesting to Ruby programmers.  I don't know,
+perhaps ...
+
+* No weird make syntax (only weird Ruby syntax :-)
+* No need to edit or read XML (a la ant)
+* Platform independent build scripts.
+* Will run anywhere Ruby exists, so no need to have "make" installed.
+  If you stay away from the "sys" command and use things like
+  'ftools', you can have a perfectly platform independent
+  build script.  Also rake is only 100 lines of code, so it can
+  easily be packaged along with the rest of your code.
+
+So ... Sorry for the long rambling message.  Like I said, I never
+intended to write this code at all.

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+= Rake 0.4.14 Released
+
+== Changes
+
+Version 0.4.14 is a compatibility fix to allow Rake's test task to
+work under Ruby 1.8.2.  A change in the Test::Unit autorun feature
+prevented Rake from running any tests.  This release fixes the
+problem.
+
+Rake 0.4.14 is the recommended release for anyone using Ruby 1.8.2.
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways.  But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies.  You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+

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+= Rake 0.4.15 Released
+
+== Changes
+
+Version 0.4.15 is a bug fix update for the Ruby 1.8.2 compatibility
+changes.  This release includes:
+
+* Fixed a bug that prevented the TESTOPTS flag from working with the
+  revised for 1.8.2 test task.
+
+* Updated the docs on --trace to indicate that it also enables a full
+  backtrace on errors. 
+
+* Several fixes for new warnings generated.
+
+== Mini-Roadmap
+
+I will continue to issue Rake updates in the 0.4.xx series as new
+Ruby-1.8.2 issues become manifest.  Once the codebase stabilizes, I
+will release a 0.5.0 version incorporating all the changes.  If you
+are not using Ruby-1.8.2 and wish to avoid version churn, I recommend
+staying with a release prior to Rake-0.4.14.
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways.  But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies.  You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+

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+= Rake 0.5.0 Released
+
+It has been a long time in coming, but we finally have a new version
+of Rake available.  
+
+== Changes
+
+* Fixed bug where missing intermediate file dependencies could cause
+  an abort with --trace or --dry-run.  (Brian Candler)
+
+* Recursive rules are now supported (Tilman Sauerbeck).
+
+* Added tar.gz and tar.bz2 support to package task (Tilman Sauerbeck).
+
+* Added warning option for the Test Task (requested by Eric Hodel).
+
+* The jamis rdoc template is only used if it exists.
+
+* Added fix for Ruby 1.8.2 test/unit and rails problem.
+
+* Added contributed rake man file. (Jani Monoses)
+
+* Fixed documentation that was lacking the Rake module name (Tilman
+  Sauerbeck).
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways.  But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies.  You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
+
+  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
+
+Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+
+== Thanks
+
+Lots of people provided input to this release.  Thanks to Tilman
+Sauerbeck for numerous patches, documentation fixes and suggestions.
+And for also pushing me to get this release out.  Also, thanks to
+Brian Candler for the finding and fixing --trace/dry-run fix.  That
+was an obscure bug.  Also to Eric Hodel for some good suggestions.
+
+-- Jim Weirich
+

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+= Rake 0.5.0 Released
+
+Although it has only been two weeks since the last release, we have
+enough updates to the Rake program to make it time for another
+release.
+
+== Changes
+
+Here are the changes for version 0.5.3 ...
+
+* FileLists have been extensively changed so that they mimic the
+  behavior of real arrays even more closely.  In particular,
+  operations on FileLists that return a new collection (e.g. collect,
+  reject) will now return a FileList rather than an array.  In
+  addition, several places where FileLists were not properly expanded
+  before use have been fixed.
+
+* A method (+ext+) to simplify the handling of file extensions was
+  added to String and to Array.
+
+* The 'testrb' script in test/unit tends to silently swallow syntax
+  errors in test suites.  Because of that, the default test loader is
+  now a rake-provided script.  You can still use 'testrb' by setting
+  the loader flag in the test task to :testrb.  (See the API documents
+  for TestTask for all the loader flag values).
+
+* FileUtil methods (e.g. cp, mv, install) are now declared to be
+  private.  This will cut down on the interference with user defined
+  methods of the same name.
+
+* Fixed the verbose flag in the TestTask so that the test code is
+  controlled by the flag.  Also shortened up some failure messages.
+  (Thanks to Tobias Luetke for the suggestion).
+
+* Rules will now properly detect a task that can generate a source
+  file.  Previously rules would only consider source files that were
+  already present.
+
+* Added an +import+ command that allows Rake to dynamically import
+  dependendencies into a running Rake session.  The +import+ command
+  can run tasks to update the dependency file before loading them.
+  Dependency files can be in rake or make format, allowing rake to
+  work with tools designed to generate dependencies for make.
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways.  But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies.  You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
+
+  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
+
+Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+
+== Thanks
+
+As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes.
+Thanks to ...
+
+* Brian Gernhardt for the rules fix (especially for the patience to
+  explain the problem to me until I got what he was talking about).
+* Stefan Lang for pointing out problems in the dark corners of the
+  FileList implementation.
+* Alexey Verkhovsky pointing out the silently swallows syntax errors
+  in tests.
+* Tobias Luetke for beautifying the test task output.
+* Sam Roberts for some of the ideas behind dependency loading.
+
+-- Jim Weirich
+

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+= Rake 0.5.4 Released
+
+Time for some minor bug fixes and small enhancements
+
+== Changes
+
+Here are the changes for version 0.5.3 ...
+
+* Added double quotes to the test runner.  This allows the location of
+  the tests (and runner) to be in a directory path that contains
+  spaces (e.g. "C:/Program Files/ruby/bin").
+
+* Added .svn to default ignore list.  Now subversion project metadata
+  is automatically ignored by Rake's FileList.
+
+* Updated FileList#include to support nested arrays and filelists.
+  FileLists are flat lists of file names.  Using a FileList in an
+  include will flatten out the nested file names.
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways.  But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies.  You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
+
+  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
+
+Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+
+== Thanks
+
+As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes.
+Thanks to ...
+
+* Tilman Sauerbeck for the nested FileList suggestion.
+* Josh Knowles for pointing out the spaces in directory name problem.
+
+-- Jim Weirich

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+= Rake 0.6.0 Released
+
+Its time for some long requested enhancements and lots of bug fixes
+... And a whole new web page.
+
+== New Web Page
+
+The primary documentation for rake has moved from the RubyForge based
+wiki to its own Hieraki based web site.  Constant spam on the wiki
+made it a difficult to keep clean.  The new site will be easier to
+update and organize.
+
+Check out the new documentation at: http://docs.rubyrake.org
+
+We will be adding new documentation to the site as time goes on.
+
+In addition to the new docs page, make sure you check out Martin
+Fowlers article on rake at http://martinfowler.com/articles/rake.html
+
+== Changes
+
+=== New Features
+
+* Multiple prerequisites on Rake rules now allowed.  However, keep the
+  following in mind:
+
+  1. All the prerequisites of a rule must be available before a rule
+     is triggered, where "enabled" means (a) an existing file, (b) a
+     defined rule, or (c) another rule which also must be
+     trigger-able.
+  2. Rules are checked in order of definition, so it is important to
+     order your rules properly.  If a file can be created by two
+     different rules, put the more specific rule first (otherwise the
+     more general rule will trigger first and the specific one will
+     never be triggered).
+  3. The <tt>source</tt> method now returns the name of the first
+     prerequisite listed in the rule.  <tt>sources</tt> returns the
+     names of all the rule prerequisites, ordered as they are defined
+     in the rule.  If the task has other prerequisites not defined in
+     the rule (but defined in an explicit task definition), then they
+     will _not_ be included in the sources list.
+
+* FileLists may now use the egrep command.  This popular enhancement
+  is now a core part of the FileList object.  If you want to get a
+  list of all your to-dos, fixmes and TBD comments, add the following
+  to your Rakefile.
+
+    desc "Look for TODO and FIXME tags in the code"
+    task :todo do
+      FileList['**/*.rb'].egrep /#.*(FIXME|TODO|TBD)/
+    end
+
+* The <tt>investigation</tt> method was added to task object to dump
+  out some important values.  This makes it a bit easier to debug Rake
+  tasks.
+
+  For example, if you are having problems with a particular task, just
+  print it out:
+
+    task :huh do
+      puts Rake::Task['huh'].investigation
+    end
+
+* The Rake::TestTask class now supports a "ruby_opts" option to pass
+  arbitrary ruby options to a test subprocess.
+
+=== Some Incompatibilities
+
+* When using the <tt>ruby</tt> command to start a Ruby subprocess, the
+  Ruby interpreter that is currently running rake is used by default.
+  This makes it easier to use rake in an environment with multiple
+  ruby installation.  (Previously, the first ruby command found in the
+  PATH was used).
+
+  If you wish to chose a different Ruby interpreter, you can
+  explicitly choose the interpreter via the <tt>sh</tt> command.
+
+* The major rake classes (Task, FileTask, FileCreationTask, RakeApp)
+  have been moved out of the toplevel scope and are now accessible as
+  Rake::Task, Rake::FileTask, Rake::FileCreationTask and
+  Rake::Application.  If your Rakefile
+  directly references any one of these tasks, you may:
+
+  1. Update your Rakefile to use the new classnames
+  2. Use the --classic-namespace option on the rake command to get the
+     old behavior,
+  3. Add <code>require 'rake/classic_namespace'</code> to the
+     Rakefile to get the old behavior.
+
+  <tt>rake</tt> will print a rather annoying warning whenever a
+  deprecated class name is referenced without enabling classic
+  namespace.
+
+=== Bug Fixes
+
+* Several unit tests and functional tests were fixed to run better
+  under windows.
+
+* Directory tasks are now a specialized version of a File task.  A
+  directory task will only be triggered if it doesn't exist.  It will
+  not be triggered if it is out of date w.r.t. any of its
+  prerequisites.
+
+* Fixed a bug in the Rake::GemPackageTask class so that the gem now
+  properly contains the platform name.
+
+* Fixed a bug where a prerequisite on a <tt>file</tt> task would cause
+  an exception if the prerequisite did not exist.
+
+== What is Rake
+
+Rake is a build tool similar to the make program in many ways.  But
+instead of cryptic make recipes, Rake uses standard Ruby code to
+declare tasks and dependencies.  You have the full power of a modern
+scripting language built right into your build tool.
+
+== Availability
+
+The easiest way to get and install rake is via RubyGems ...
+
+  gem install rake    (you may need root/admin privileges)
+
+Otherwise, you can get it from the more traditional places:
+
+Home Page:: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
+Download::  http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50
+
+== Thanks
+
+As usual, it was input from users that drove a alot of these changes.
+The following people either contributed patches, made suggestions or
+made otherwise helpful comments.  Thanks to ...
+
+* Greg Fast (better ruby_opt test options)
+* Kelly Felkins (requested by better namespace support)
+* Martin Fowler (suggested Task.investigation)
+* Stuart Jansen (send initial patch for multiple prerequisites).
+* Masao Mutch (better support for non-ruby Gem platforms)
+* Philipp Neubeck (patch for file task exception fix)
+
+-- Jim Weirich