Thanks -- it worked great when I installed it from the gem on github -- it's definitely first instinct to go after the one on rubygems.org though.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 >> >
