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Ruby on Rails 3.0, an upgrade to the popular open source Web framework that features a merger with the Merb framework, was released Sunday, the founder of Rails, David Heinemeier Hansson, said in a blog. Version 3.0′s general availability follows a second release candidate that was offered last week. The capabilities of Merb have been [...]

Ruby on Rails 3.0, a major upgrade to the popular open source Web development framework, is due in a final release this week, the founder of the framework, David Heinemeier Hansson, said on Tuesday. Rails 3.0 is influenced by the Merb framework,  which enables performance improvements. Other capabilities due in 3.0 include cross-site scripting protection, [...]

Python 2.7, the last in the legacy Python 2.x dynamic language line, moved closer to general availability earlier this month when developers of the language put out a release candidate. The finished version of Python 2.7 is scheduled to be available July 3, after a second release candidate is offered on July 19, said Steve [...]

Mozilla published a second release candidate for the next build of Thunderbird on Wednesday. Judging from the public bug list, only one critical bug kept Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate 2 from becoming the final build of the current branch, code-named Lanikai. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, this second release candidate fixes one critical bug [...]

Microsoft is offering a second release candidate for its ASP.Net MVC 2 technology, which enables developers to build Web applications using a model view controller pattern. Released last week, Release Candidate 2 of ASP.Net MVC 2 follows a release candidate build shipped in December, said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the Microsoft developer division, [...]

Mozilla on Sunday released a second release candidate of Firefox 3.6, a modest upgrade that embodies Mozilla’s effort to increase the frequency the open-source browser is developed. Mike Beltzner, president of Firefox, announced second Firefox 3.6 release candidate Sunday but didn’t share details. The release notes were equally mum, but the update process called the [...]

Mozilla has finished its second release candidate for its first mobile Firefox browser. Firefox 1.0 for Nokia’s open-source Maemo platform can’t be far behind. In addition to fixing “a major performance issue” plaguing the Nokia N900, Mozilla has also updated the latest version of the Gecko layout engine. By using the same version of Gecko [...]