Marc-André Cournoyer
2008-Jan-18 09:22 UTC
[Eventmachine-talk] [ANN] Thin 0.5.3 Purple Yogurt release
Hey all, Version 0.5.3 (codename Purple Yogurt) of the fastest Ruby server is out! Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together 3 of the best Ruby libraries in web history: * the Mongrel parser: the root of Mongrel speed and security * Event Machine: a network I/O library with extremely high scalability, performance and stability * Rack: a minimal interface between webservers and Ruby frameworks Which makes it, with all humility, the most secure, stable, fast and extensible Ruby web server bundled in an easy to use gem for your own pleasure. == What''s new? Welcome 2 new members to the Thin team (previously composed of me and me): * Kevin Williams http://www.almostserio.us/ * James Golick http://jamesgolick.com/ Small release for *nix users, but big one of windows users! * win32 pre-compiled gem now available (send all your love to Kevin for this one) * Add prefix option to thin script to mount app under a given path. If you''re still not sure about trying Thin, here are a couple of articles: * http://glauche.de/2008/01/14/how-many-thin-server-instances-are-best/ * http://www.deze9.com/jp/blog/post?p=current-uptime-of-the-thin-server-process-behind * http://blog.rayngwf.com/2008/01/thin-ruby-web-server-that-is-really.html * http://glauche.de/2008/01/12/thin-nginx-with-rails/ == Get it! sudo gem install thin Might take some time for the gem mirrors to be updated, try adding --source http://code.macournoyer.com to the command if it doesn''t work If you installed a previous alpha version (if you have 0.5.3 already installed) uninstall it before: sudo gem uninstall thin WARNING: Thin is still alpha software, if you use it on your server you understand the risks that are involved. == Contribute If you''re using Thin, let me know and I''ll put your site on http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/users/ Thin is driven by an active community of passionate coders and benchmarkers. Please join us, contribute or share some ideas in Thin Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/thin-ruby/topics Also on IRC: #thin on freenode Thanks to all the people who contributed to Thin, EventMachine, Rack and Mongrel. Marc-Andre Cournoyer http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/