Ruby 1.9.1-p376 released

Uh oh, it's upgrade time again. Monday, the official Ruby 1.9 maintainer (Yuki Sonoda, a.k.a. Yugui) announced a heap overflow vulnerability in Ruby 1.9.1 and, subsequently, the release of Ruby 1.9.1-p376 (patch level 376). As the current production level release of Ruby, this is a crucial upgrade - unless you're still using Ruby 1.8.x, which isn't affected at all.

As well as fixing the vulnerability, Ruby 1.9.1-p376 also includes over 100 bug fixes on the previous release, none of which are particularly interesting. You can check this release's change log to see if anything affects you.

If you want to download Ruby 1.9.1-p376 now, the following URLs will work direct:

• http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p376.tar.bz2
• http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p376.tar.gz
• http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p376.zip

Ruby Programming Class

I have enrolled in a Ruby Programming Class at rubylearning.org - http://www.rubylearning.org/class/
The class will start next week and I can do the work from the office, because I am actually taking the class to assist me in automating some of the manual processes regarding record keeping, DMCA related notifications, and the resulting follow-ups.

This will be the new programming class I will have taken in a decade and I find myself excited. Time to learn another language.

The class is taught by Satish Talim. Satish is a Ruby hobbyist with over 31+ years of software experience. He spends his days promoting Ruby, teaching, and helping companies set up their subsidiaries (what he calls BOT - Build, Operate and Transfer). He has been working with Java since its beta days (1995).

RubyInside honored Satish as Ruby's Top Teacher in 2008.

RubyLearning was the winner for the Shorty Award in Education.

More details about the Instructor - http://satishtalim.com/