[MacRuby-devel] macruby nightly build 2009-09-10

Matt Aimonetti mattaimonetti at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 14:50:12 PDT 2009 

Actually it's a bit more complicated than that since we need to tag  
specs before adding them to rake spec:ci

I'm sure Eloy will explain where to find the spec readme and conventions

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 16, 2009, at 13:54, Conrad Taylor <conradwt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Matt, thanks for gettih back to me.  In regards to the failing  
> specs, how does one determine what's failing?  I have been running  
> the following:
>
> rake spec:ci
>
> In any case, I would like to get started on this as soon as  
> possible.  Thus, if someone can provide the details, it would be  
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Conrad
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 15, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Matt Aimonetti  
> <mattaimonetti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, we don't have a check list of all the std libs and  
>> other gems that are compatible/incompatible.
>>
>> The todo list mentions the following:
>>
>> Planned for 0.5
>> [ ] fix irb Binding bugs
>> [/] sockets
>> [ ] backtracing / symbolication
>> [/] rubygems should work (modulo C extensions)
>>   [X] fix version numbers
>>   [X] fix YAML deserialization of booleans
>>   [ ] fix ~/.gemrc
>>   [X] `source --add http://gems.github.com' crashes (outside gdb)
>>   [ ] `install rest-client' prints parsing errors (encoding problem  
>> in thor.gemspec)
>>   [ ] `gem uninstall bacon' doesn't work (Unknown gem bacon >= 0)
>>   [ ] `macgem install rails --version 2.3.2' crashes  
>> (MAX_DISPATCH_ARGS assertion)
>> [ ] rewrite load.c (needed for RubyGems' #require hack)
>>
>> For 0.5 (must do):
>>
>> [ ] implement Enumerable::Enumerator
>> [/] 32-bit should be back
>> [X] Array subclass for immediates
>> [ ] Hash subclass for immediates
>> [ ] try/catch should use a C++ exception
>> [ ] ObjC exceptions should be catchable in Ruby
>> [ ] fully implement FFI API
>> [ ] support for bigdecimal
>> [ ] support for json
>> [/] support for yaml
>> [ ] support for openssl
>> [/] support for zlib
>> [ ] merge stdlib from 1.9.2 trunk
>> [/] most language/core/library specs should run (modulo a very few  
>> exceptions)
>> [X] port all rb_define_method() calls to rb_objc_define_method()
>> [/] port all rb_funcall() calls to rb_vm_call()
>> [/] port all rb_num_coerce_bin() calls to rb_objc_num_coerce_bin()
>> [/] port all rb_obj_respond_to() calls to rb_vm_respond_to()
>>
>> For 0.5 (tentative):
>>
>> [ ] write a pass manager to eliminate unnecessary arrays generated  
>> by massigns
>> [ ] vectorize bignums
>> [ ] block inlining
>> [ ] fast regexp =~
>> [ ] rakefile-ize instruby.rb
>> [/] finish AOT compiler (only normal mode)
>> [/] sync with LLVM 2.6 (DONE in llvm26 branch, blocked by LLVM  
>> regressions)
>> [ ] multithreaded JIT
>> [ ] debugger interface
>>
>>
>> We identified some bugs that cause ERB to not work properly and  
>> they will be fixed for 0.5, however the work on the webserver  
>> didn't start. Stuff like CGI and openssl would first need to work.
>> If you want to help, the best thing you could do is to work on the  
>> specs with Eloy. (flag/tag the specs that fail so we know what libs  
>> are working, which are not) if you find bugs,replorting them in a  
>> simple/reproducible example is also super useful.
>>
>> - Matt
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Conrad Taylor <conradwt at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>> Is there a page where can locate what's not working?  Or open  
>> projects that need help?  I would be interested in both erb and the  
>> webserver (i.e. webrick, mongrel, and/or thin)?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> -Conrad
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimonetti at gmail.com 
>> > wrote:
>> You should always use macgem when working with macruby.
>> However, Sinatra isn't running yet as erb isn't fully working  
>> neither rack and we don't have a compatible webserver ;)
>>
>> You will have to wait a little before that works, but as we are  
>> going through the std libs, things should start looking better.
>>
>> - Matt
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Conrad Taylor <conradwt at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimonetti at gmail.com 
>> > wrote:
>> Latest trunk code available as an unofficial pkg ready to install: http://rubyurl.com/5K3W
>>
>> Lots of bug fixes, improved macgem (not finished yet but you can  
>> install gems and load them using `gem 'gem_name'; require  
>> 'whatever'`).
>> Things are looking pretty good on trunk :)
>>
>> Hi, should one use 'macgem' instead of 'gem'?  In any case, I  
>> wanted to give it a try by installing sinatra:
>>
>> sudo macgem install sinatra
>>
>> and I received the following error message:
>>
>> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>>     wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)
>>
>> In a clean installation, the following directory doesn't exist but  
>> attempting to install something creates the directory and the  
>> installation of the gem fails:
>>
>> /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/ 
>> Gems/1.9.0
>>
>> Now, when I tried to install the gem again, everything worked as  
>> expected.  For example,
>>
>> $ sudo macgem install sinatra
>> Password:
>> Successfully installed rack-1.0.0
>> Successfully installed sinatra-0.9.4
>> 2 gems installed
>>
>> -Conrad
>>
>>
>> - Matt
>>
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