Ruby

Ruby 2.5.6 Released

Posted by usa on 28 Aug 2019

Ruby 2.5.6 has been released.

This release includes about 40 bug fixes after the previous release, and also includes a security fix. Please check the topics below for details.

See the commit log for details.

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  • https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.5/ruby-2.5.6.tar.bz2

    SIZE:   14073430 bytes
SHA1:   a1b497237770d2a0d1386408fc264ad16f3efccf
SHA256: 24fc2a417e71150cd2229ec204afc8f467ebb15a8e295aab5d4bceebfb05e18d
SHA512: e4511d42d19a7bb39ea79f66bb4eca54b63c2a9d27addc035d6d670c1e59ee48a0c6e9c6bc7d082d1f1114b0668831dce3b7422034517f3c4a06ced0e47a7914

  • https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.5/ruby-2.5.6.tar.gz

    SIZE:   17684288 bytes
SHA1:   d2dd34da5f3b63a0075e50133f60eb35d71b7543
SHA256: 1d7ed06c673020cd12a737ed686470552e8e99d72b82cd3c26daa3115c36bea7
SHA512: dc34243129a40b4b16fe171d70bcbdac255819868c608f3ca9f2866124fd6cfde0f3990d5e08a42752427d9066981ca14a634679b9bed5bca9f349a8526d0f35

  • https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.5/ruby-2.5.6.tar.xz

    SIZE:   11323612 bytes
SHA1:   5008b35d386c4b663b7956a0790b6aa7ae5dc9a9
SHA256: 7601e4b83f4f17bc1affe091502dd465282ffba0761dea57c071ead21b132cee
SHA512: 4fe5f8bad5d320f8f17b02ce15afee341e7b0074efcfd98d8944e0cb7c448e0660c4553dd5c0328ee3b49fea3247642f85c60bdce431ed57f58b6326dfd48ee1

  • https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.5/ruby-2.5.6.zip

    SIZE:   21263348 bytes
SHA1:   4a3859319dd9f1f4d43e2a2bf874ca8233d39b15
SHA256: c86b0a9bfe47df5639cf134eabd3ebc2711794226ccb02e22094e46aa3e887f4
SHA512: 8aa96c4e6692ed8c9f8fe4ceb2a91829bb5fa98ef53a4bc85f3a3d0cd66d60bb80985359bd9f7020de7d1cc39c7223559aa20dfdcc01d890624b71b935c6f8da

Release Comment

Thanks to everyone who helped with this release.

The maintenance of Ruby 2.5, including this release, is based on the “Agreement for the Ruby stable version” of the Ruby Association.

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