I just got access from Jeff to Avro at RubyGems.org and uploaded the 1.5.4 release.
https://rubygems.org/gems/avro I'll make this a part of the release procedure from now on. Doug On 09/15/2011 11:34 PM, Jeremy Hinegardner wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:34:11AM -0500, Jeff Hansen wrote: >> I tried installing Avro with ruby last night and kept getting an error >> that it requires 'md5'. As of ruby-1.9 I think you have to require >> 'digest/md5' instead of 'md5' and a quick google search took me to >> JIRA avro-787 which makes it look to me like this was fixed. However >> as best I can tell, that was for version 1.5.0 and the gem that's >> available on rubygems is still back at version 1.3.3 -- Is there a >> later release that's 1.9 compatible which is also stable? If so, is >> it packaged and distributed somewhere? Or do I have to install it >> from the source. If not, do I just have to stick with Ruby 1.8.7 for >> Avro? > > It looks like the gem is created as part of the build, but it is not pushed to > rubygems. http://www.apache.org/dist/avro/avro-1.5.4/ruby/ > > I sent an email jmhodges who is the owner of avro on rubygems asking if he was > going to keep it up to date with releases from apache. Unfortunately I have > yet > to hear back. > > If anyone can get a hold of Jeff Hodges and have him coordinate with the avro > release team that would be most helpful. > > enjoy, > > -jeremy >
