#run * Rack::Static now supports an index option * Added the Teapot status code * rackup now defaults to Thin instead of Mongrel (if installed) * Support added for HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SCHEME * Numerous bug fixes, including many fixes for new and alternate = rubies =3D=3D Where can I get it?=20 You can download Rack at=20 http://chneukirchen.org/releases/rack-1.4.0.tar.gz (upload = pending at time of writing) http://rubyforge.org/projects/rack Alternatively, you can checkout from the development repository with: git clone git://github.com/rack/rack.git cd rack && git checkout rack-1.4 # for this release Happy hacking and have a nice day, James Tucker on behalf of the Rack Core Team. 0fec4d01e20b1ad13fd7809d0083292a71d3ec84 rack-1.4.0.tar.gz 965d20948ad2f21f4338468aa0ea62808554d630 rack-1.4.0.gem= --Apple-Mail=_3A4C983F-FA90-42B1-B0CB-E6C094615C72 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Hello,

Today we are = proud to announce the release of Rack 1.4.0.

=3D Rack, a modular Ruby webserver = interface

Rack provides = a minimal, modular and adaptable interface for developing web = applications in Ruby. By wrapping HTTP requests and responses in = the simplest way possible, it unifies and distills the API for web = servers, web frameworks, and software in between (the so-called = middleware) into a single method call.

The exact = details of this are described in the Rack specification, which all Rack = applications should conform to.

=3D=3D Changes

* December 28th, 2011: Twenty = fourth public release 1.4.0

* Ruby 1.8.6 support has = officially been dropped. Not all tests pass.

* Raise = sane error messages for broken config.ru

* Allow = combining run and map in a config.ru

* = Rack::ContentType will not set Content-Type for responses without a = body

* Status code 205 does not send a response = body

* Rack::Response::Helpers will not rely on = instance variables

* Rack::Utils.build_query no longer = outputs '=3D' for nil query values

* Various mime types = added

* Rack::MockRequest now supports = HEAD

* Rack::Directory now supports files that contain = RFC3986 reserved chars

* Rack::File now only supports = GET and HEAD requests

* Rack::Server#start now passes = the block to Rack::Handler::<h>#run

* = Rack::Static now supports an index option

* Added the = Teapot status code

* rackup now defaults to Thin = instead of Mongrel (if installed)

* Support added for = HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SCHEME

* Numerous bug fixes, including = many fixes for new and alternate = rubies

=3D=3D Where = can I get it?

You can = download Rack at

http://chneuki= rchen.org/releases/rack-1.4.0.tar.gz (upload pending at time = of writing)

= http://rubyforge.org/projects/= rack

Alternatively, you can checkout from the development = repository with:

git clone git://github.com/rack/rack.git=

cd rack && git checkout rack-1.4 = # for this release

Happy hacking = and have a nice day,

James = Tucker

on behalf of the Rack Core = Team.

0fec4d01e20b1ad13fd7809d0083292a71d3ec84 = rack-1.4.0.tar.gz

965d20948ad2f21f4338468aa0ea62808554d630= = rack-1.4.0.gem

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