Notable fixes - for my current project at least - include:<p>- no longer crashing when calling the main thread from a background thread<p>- supporting formal protocols (or at least pretending to enough to work right)<p>- properly changing the path of the library when you embed
it in the executable, for distributing via an App Store<p>MacRuby has been a fantastic tool in developing for the Mac App Store with a team of programmers with a mixed knowledge of Cocoa and Objective-C. Super exciting to see it progressing so quickly!
Naturally, Laurent is more authoritative but I wrote this up for Ruby Inside earlier - it might be more accessible to ppl not familiar with MacRuby and includes notes on two MacRuby books that are in the works: <a href="http://www.rubyinside.com/macruby-0-8-released-and-2-macruby-books-on-the-way-4053.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rubyinside.com/macruby-0-8-released-and-2-macruby...</a>
The official blog post is up:
<a href="http://www.macruby.org/blog/2010/12/13/macruby08.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.macruby.org/blog/2010/12/13/macruby08.html</a>