RubySpec - The Standard You Trust

Summary of changes:

• Enhances ruby_exe helper with :dir option to change directory before running (jredville)
• Adds --report option to list the specs that are guarded.
• Adds --report-on GUARD option to list the specs guarded by GUARD.

Summary of changes:

• Fixes the not_supported_on guard bug that prevented it from running on MRI 1.8/1.9.
• The not_supported_on, deviates_on, extended_on guards now raise an exception if passed :ruby.

See http://rubyspec.org/wiki/rubyspec/Guards for documentation on all the spec guards.

Summary of changes:

• The compliant_on, not_compliant_on guards now always run on MRI 1.8/1.9
• The not_supported_on, deviates_on, extended_on should only be used with alternative implementations
• None of the implementation guards above should be used with platform designators like :windows or :java.
• Adds should have_method matcher.

See http://rubyspec.org/wiki/rubyspec/Guards for documentation on all the spec guards.

This release just requires MSpec 1.5.9 which fixes a bug in one of the implementation guards.

The implementation guards have been made more consistent in MSpec. The usage of the guards in the RubySpecs has been updated. See http://rubyspec.org/wiki/rubyspec/Guards for documentation on the guards.

Summary of changes:

• Adds DescribeFormatter that prints a summary of failure and error counts for each describe block.
• Adds escaping of newlines embedded in spec description strings.
• Fixes circular require warnings on 1.9.
• Adds should have_private_instance_method matcher.
• Adds should have_instance_method matcher.
• Adds facility for custom spec options.

Tags have been added for the specs that fail on Ruby 1.9 to facilitate updating the specs.

Summary of changes:

• Adds BackgroundGuard that is enabled with the --background command line option. This guard is used for specs that may block if run in a background process (e.g. library/readline)
• Adds --prefix command line option the specifies a string to append to potential file names when resolving spec files.
• Adds -C, --chdir DIR command line option that changes the working directory to DIR before running the specs.
• Adds spec collections to the config file that can be used to run the correct specs for a particular version. For example, mspec :library will run the appropriate library specs. RubySpec has updated ruby.1.8.mspec and ruby.1.9.mspec files that set :core, :library, and :language correctly.

Summary of changes:

• Adds env and username helpers (jredville).
• Fixes mspec -v output.
• Adds language_version helper for syntax-sensitive specs.
• Refactors MSpec execution modes.
• Adds --unguarded mode to the mspec runners to disable all guards while running the specs.
• Fixes mspec tag --purge to consider guarded specs when purging unmatched tags.
• Adds with_tty helper.
• Refactors version comparisons.

The 1.8 and 1.9 specs have been merged. There are no longer separate directories in the rubyspec tree for the different versions. See http://rubyspec.org/wiki/rubyspec/Organization for details about writing version-specific specs.