allow the branch to be managed with a modern rake

Rakefile

 require 'rake'
 
-if RAKEVERSION != '0.8.0'
-  puts <<USAGE
-In order to execute tasks please install Ruby 1.8.7 and rake 0.8.0. Then:
-
-    rake _0.8.0_ task_name
-
-Reason is the Jamis template used for the API needs RDoc 1.x. Recent rake libs
-do not provide rake/rdoctask, and RDoc 1.x provides no alternative task. This
-is easy to setup with a Ruby version manager.
-USAGE
-  exit 1
-end
-
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
-
 env = %(PKG_BUILD="#{ENV['PKG_BUILD']}") if ENV['PKG_BUILD']
 
 PROJECTS = %w(activesupport railties actionpack actionmailer activeresource activerecord)
@@ -30,58 +15,69 @@ task :default => :test
   desc "Run #{task_name} task for all projects"
   task task_name do
     PROJECTS.each do |project|
-      system %(cd #{project} && #{env} rake _0.8.0_ #{task_name})
+      system %(cd #{project} && #{env} rake _#{RAKEVERSION}_ #{task_name})
     end
   end
 end
 
-desc "Generate documentation for the Rails framework"
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc/rdoc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Ruby on Rails Documentation"
-  rdoc.main     = "railties/README"
-
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
-  rdoc.options << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.options << '--main' << 'railties/README'
-
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : './doc/template/horo'
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/MIT-LICENSE')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/README')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/lib/{*.rb,commands/*.rb,rails/*.rb,rails_generator/*.rb}')
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activerecord/README')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activerecord/CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activerecord/lib/active_record/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('activerecord/lib/active_record/vendor/*')
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/README')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/lib/active_resource/*')
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/README')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/lib/action_controller/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/lib/action_view/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/*')
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionmailer/README')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionmailer/CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/vendor/*')
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activesupport/README')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activesupport/CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activesupport/lib/active_support/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/*')
-end
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # In order to generate the API please install Ruby 1.8.7 and rake 0.8.0. Then:
+  #
+  #     rake _0.8.0_ task_name
+  #
+  # Reason is the Jamis template used for the API needs RDoc 1.x. Recent rake libs
+  # do not provide rake/rdoctask, and RDoc 1.x provides no alternative task. This
+  # is easy to setup with a Ruby version manager.
+  desc "Generate documentation for the Rails framework"
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc/rdoc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Ruby on Rails Documentation"
+    rdoc.main     = "railties/README"
+
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+    rdoc.options << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.options << '--main' << 'railties/README'
+
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : './doc/template/horo'
+
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/MIT-LICENSE')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/README')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('railties/lib/{*.rb,commands/*.rb,rails/*.rb,rails_generator/*.rb}')
+
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activerecord/README')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activerecord/CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activerecord/lib/active_record/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('activerecord/lib/active_record/vendor/*')
+
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/README')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activeresource/lib/active_resource/*')
+
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/README')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/lib/action_controller/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionpack/lib/action_view/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/*')
+
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionmailer/README')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionmailer/CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/vendor/*')
+
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activesupport/README')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activesupport/CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('activesupport/lib/active_support/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/*')
+  end
 
-# Enhance rdoc task to copy referenced images also
-task :rdoc do
-  FileUtils.mkdir_p "doc/rdoc/files/examples/"
-  FileUtils.copy "activerecord/examples/associations.png", "doc/rdoc/files/examples/associations.png"
+  # Enhance rdoc task to copy referenced images also
+  task :rdoc do
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p "doc/rdoc/files/examples/"
+    FileUtils.copy "activerecord/examples/associations.png", "doc/rdoc/files/examples/associations.png"
+  end
 end

actionmailer/Rakefile

 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? 'rake/gempackagetask' : 'rubygems/package_task'
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'action_mailer', 'version')
 
 PKG_BUILD     = ENV['PKG_BUILD'] ? '.' + ENV['PKG_BUILD'] : ''
@@ -27,19 +26,21 @@ Rake::TestTask.new { |t|
   t.warning = false
 }
 
-
-# Generate the RDoc documentation
-Rake::RDocTask.new { |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Action Mailer -- Easy email delivery and testing"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/action_mailer.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/action_mailer/*.rb')
-}
-
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # Generate the RDoc documentation
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Action Mailer -- Easy email delivery and testing"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/action_mailer.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/action_mailer/*.rb')
+  end
+end
 
 # Create compressed packages
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
@@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "lib/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "\.svn" ) }
   s.files = s.files + Dir.glob( "test/**/*" ).delete_if { |item| item.include?( "\.svn" ) }
 end
-  
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
+
+package_task = RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? Rake::GemPackageTask : Gem::PackageTask
+package_task.new(spec) do |p|
   p.gem_spec = spec
   p.need_tar = true
   p.need_zip = true
@@ -80,12 +82,6 @@ task :pgem => [:package] do
   `ssh gems.rubyonrails.org '/u/sites/gems/gemupdate.sh'`
 end
 
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do 
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("wrath.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/am", "doc").upload
-end
-
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   require 'rubyforge'

actionpack/Rakefile

 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? 'rake/gempackagetask' : 'rubygems/package_task'
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'action_pack', 'version')
 
 PKG_BUILD     = ENV['PKG_BUILD'] ? '.' + ENV['PKG_BUILD'] : ''
@@ -43,23 +42,26 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test_active_record_integration) do |t|
 end
 
 
-# Genereate the RDoc documentation
-
-Rake::RDocTask.new { |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Action Pack -- On rails from request to response"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  if ENV['DOC_FILES'] 
-    rdoc.rdoc_files.include(ENV['DOC_FILES'].split(/,\s*/))
-  else
-    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS', 'CHANGELOG')
-    rdoc.rdoc_files.include(Dir['lib/**/*.rb'] -
-                            Dir['lib/*/vendor/**/*.rb'])
-    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/actionpack.rb')
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # Generate the RDoc documentation
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Action Pack -- On rails from request to response"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    if ENV['DOC_FILES']
+      rdoc.rdoc_files.include(ENV['DOC_FILES'].split(/,\s*/))
+    else
+      rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS', 'CHANGELOG')
+      rdoc.rdoc_files.include(Dir['lib/**/*.rb'] -
+                              Dir['lib/*/vendor/**/*.rb'])
+      rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/actionpack.rb')
+    end
   end
-}
+end
 
 # Create compressed packages
 dist_dirs = [ "lib", "test" ]
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   end
 end
   
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
+package_task = RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? Rake::GemPackageTask : Gem::PackageTask
+package_task.new(spec) do |p|
   p.gem_spec = spec
   p.need_tar = true
   p.need_zip = true
@@ -141,12 +144,6 @@ task :pgem => [:package] do
   `ssh gems.rubyonrails.org '/u/sites/gems/gemupdate.sh'`
 end
 
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do 
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("wrath.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/ap", "doc").upload
-end
-
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   require 'rubyforge'

activemodel/Rakefile

 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
 
 task :default => :test
 
@@ -12,13 +11,17 @@ Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
   t.warning = true
 end
 
-# Generate the RDoc documentation
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Active Model"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGES')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # Generate the RDoc documentation
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Active Model"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGES')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+  end
 end

activerecord/Rakefile

 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? 'rake/gempackagetask' : 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'active_record', 'version')
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/test/config"
@@ -154,20 +153,22 @@ end
 task :build_frontbase_databases => 'frontbase:build_databases'
 task :rebuild_frontbase_databases => 'frontbase:rebuild_databases'
 
-
-# Generate the RDoc documentation
-
-Rake::RDocTask.new { |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Active Record -- Object-relation mapping put on rails"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS', 'CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/active_record/vendor/*')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('dev-utils/*.rb')
-}
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # Generate the RDoc documentation
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Active Record -- Object-relation mapping put on rails"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS', 'CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/active_record/vendor/*')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('dev-utils/*.rb')
+  end
+end
 
 # Enhance rdoc task to copy referenced images also
 task :rdoc do
@@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project = "activerecord"
 end
 
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
+package_task = RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? Rake::GemPackageTask : Gem::PackageTask
+package_task.new(spec) do |p|
   p.gem_spec = spec
   p.need_tar = true
   p.need_zip = true
@@ -251,12 +253,6 @@ task :pgem => [:package] do
   `ssh gems.rubyonrails.org '/u/sites/gems/gemupdate.sh'`
 end
 
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("wrath.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/ar", "doc").upload
-end
-
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   require 'rubyforge'

activeresource/Rakefile

 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? 'rake/gempackagetask' : 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'active_resource', 'version')
 
@@ -35,19 +34,21 @@ Rake::TestTask.new { |t|
   t.warning = true
 }
 
-
-# Generate the RDoc documentation
-
-Rake::RDocTask.new { |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Active Resource -- Object-oriented REST services"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/activeresource.rb')
-}
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # Generate the RDoc documentation
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Active Resource -- Object-oriented REST services"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/activeresource.rb')
+  end
+end
 
 
 # Create compressed packages
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project = "activeresource"
 end
   
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
+package_task = RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? Rake::GemPackageTask : Gem::PackageTask
+package_task.new(spec) do |p|
   p.gem_spec = spec
   p.need_tar = true
   p.need_zip = true
@@ -121,12 +123,6 @@ task :pgem => [:package] do
   `ssh gems.rubyonrails.org '/u/sites/gems/gemupdate.sh'`
 end
 
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do 
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("wrath.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/ar", "doc").upload
-end
-
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   `rubyforge login`

activesupport/Rakefile

 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? 'rake/gempackagetask' : 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'active_support', 'version')
 
@@ -25,19 +24,22 @@ Rake::TestTask.new { |t|
 # Create compressed packages
 dist_dirs = [ "lib", "test"]
 
-# Genereate the RDoc documentation
-
-Rake::RDocTask.new { |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Active Support -- Utility classes and standard library extensions from Rails"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/active_support.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/active_support/**/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/active_support/vendor/*')
-}
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  # Genereate the RDoc documentation
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Active Support -- Utility classes and standard library extensions from Rails"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/active_support.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/active_support/**/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.exclude('lib/active_support/vendor/*')
+  end
+end
 
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project = "activesupport"
 end
 
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
+package_task = RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? Rake::GemPackageTask : Gem::PackageTask
+package_task.new(spec) do |p|
   p.gem_spec = spec
   p.need_tar = true
   p.need_zip = true
@@ -69,12 +72,6 @@ task :pgem => [:package] do
   `ssh gems.rubyonrails.org '/u/sites/gems/gemupdate.sh'`
 end
 
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do 
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("wrath.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/as", "doc").upload
-end
-
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   require 'rubyforge'

railties/Rakefile

 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+require RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? 'rake/gempackagetask' : 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 require 'date'
 require 'rbconfig'
@@ -267,18 +266,22 @@ task :generate_app_doc do
   system %{cd #{PKG_DESTINATION}; rake doc:app}
 end
 
-Rake::RDocTask.new { |rdoc|
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
-  rdoc.title    = "Railties -- Gluing the Engine to the Rails"
-  rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '--accessor' << 'cattr_accessor=object'
-  rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/rails/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/rails_generator/*.rb')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/commands/**/*.rb')
-}
+if RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0'
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+
+  Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+    rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
+    rdoc.title    = "Railties -- Gluing the Engine to the Rails"
+    rdoc.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '--accessor' << 'cattr_accessor=object'
+    rdoc.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
+    rdoc.template = ENV['template'] ? "#{ENV['template']}.rb" : '../doc/template/horo'
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README', 'CHANGELOG')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/rails/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/rails_generator/*.rb')
+    rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/commands/**/*.rb')
+  end
+end
 
 # Generate GEM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -334,7 +337,8 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubyforge_project = "rails"
 end
 
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
+package_task = RAKEVERSION == '0.8.0' ? Rake::GemPackageTask : Gem::PackageTask
+package_task.new(spec) do |pkg|
   pkg.gem_spec = spec
 end
 
@@ -346,14 +350,6 @@ task :pgem => [:gem] do
   `ssh gems.rubyonrails.org '/u/sites/gems/gemupdate.sh'`
 end
 
-desc "Publish the guides"
-task :pguides => :generate_guides do
-  mkdir_p 'pkg'
-  `tar -czf pkg/guides.gz guides/output`
-  Rake::SshFilePublisher.new("web.rubyonrails.org", "/u/sites/guides.rubyonrails.org/public", "pkg", "guides.gz").upload
-  `ssh web.rubyonrails.org 'cd /u/sites/guides.rubyonrails.org/public/ && tar -xvzf guides.gz && mv guides/output/* . && rm -rf guides*'`
-end
-
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   require 'rake/contrib/rubyforgepublisher'