Ruby 1.8.6 has been released (see the [announcement on Ruby-Talk][1]).
The source is available in three formats:

* [ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2][2] (3.8 MB)

      md5: e558a0e00ae318d43bf6ff9af452bad2
      sha256: 0fc6ad0b31d8ec3997db2a56a2ac1c235283a3607abb876300fc711b3f8e3dd7

* [ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz][3] (4.4 MB)

      md5: 23d2494aa94e7ae1ecbbb8c5e1507683
      sha256: 3ef37fb961d04471a1aef2c8079d6fab09932e3281d79859d5cd5d426bde0868

* [ruby-1.8.6.zip][4] (5.3 MB)

      md5: 5f4b82cec8f437634e05a3ce9bb3ca67
      sha256: c4b011d66b3f7e3bddbdf61a7404120d5ac80c6b742ad08e7e75b6d14ee56e76

For a brief list of user visible changes and a full list of all changes
since 1.8.5, see the bundled files [NEWS][5] and [ChangeLog][6].

After this announcement, we will start the development for 1.8.7 as well
as maintaining the “ruby\_1\_8\_6” branch on which only critical bugs
and security vulnerabilities found in the 1.8.6 release are fixed, and
patch releases will follow on appropriate and timely occasions. Please
check them out after upgrading Ruby to 1.8.6.



[1]: https://blade.ruby-lang.org/ruby-list/43267
[2]: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2
[3]: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
[4]: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6.zip
[5]: https://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_6/NEWS
[6]: https://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_6/ChangeLog