Leverage VERSION constants from gemspecs to avoid tedious updates when releasing

Rakefile

@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 
 PROJECTS = %w(activesupport activemodel actionpack actionmailer activeresource activerecord railties)
-
-Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/*/lib/*/version.rb"].each do |version_path|
-  require version_path
-end
+PROJECTS.each { |project| $:.unshift "#{project}/lib" }
+
+require "active_support/version"
+require "active_model/version"
+require "action_pack/version"
+require "action_mailer/version"
+require "active_resource/version"
+require "active_record/version"
+require "rails/version"
 
 desc 'Run all tests by default'
 task :default => %w(test test:isolated)

actionmailer/Rakefile

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'action_mailer', 'version')
 
 desc "Default Task"
 task :default => [ :test ]

actionmailer/actionmailer.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "action_mailer/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'actionmailer'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = ActionMailer::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'Email composition, delivery, and recieval framework (part of Rails).'
   s.description = 'Email composition, delivery, and recieval framework (part of Rails).'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@
 
   s.has_rdoc = true
 
-  s.add_dependency('actionpack',  '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('actionpack',  "= #{ActionMailer::VERSION::STRING}")
   s.add_dependency('mail',        '~> 2.1.3')
   s.add_dependency('text-format', '~> 1.0.0')
 end

actionpack/Rakefile

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'action_pack', 'version')
 
 desc "Default Task"
 task :default => :test

actionpack/actionpack.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "action_pack/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'actionpack'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = ActionPack::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'Web-flow and rendering framework putting the VC in MVC (part of Rails).'
   s.description = 'Web-flow and rendering framework putting the VC in MVC (part of Rails).'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -17,8 +20,8 @@
 
   s.has_rdoc = true
 
-  s.add_dependency('activesupport', '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('activemodel',   '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('activesupport', "= #{ActionPack::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('activemodel',   "= #{ActionPack::VERSION::STRING}")
   s.add_dependency('rack',          '~> 1.1.0')
   s.add_dependency('rack-test',     '~> 0.5.0')
   s.add_dependency('rack-mount',    '~> 0.5.1')

activemodel/Rakefile

 dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
-require "#{dir}/lib/active_model/version"
 
 require 'rake/testtask'
 

activemodel/activemodel.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "active_model/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name = 'activemodel'
-  s.version = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version = ActiveModel::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary = "A toolkit for building other modeling frameworks like ActiveRecord"
   s.description = %q{Extracts common modeling concerns from ActiveRecord to share between similar frameworks like ActiveResource.}
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@
 
   s.has_rdoc = true
 
-  s.add_dependency('activesupport', '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('activesupport', "= #{ActiveModel::VERSION::STRING}")
 
   s.require_path = 'lib'
   s.files = Dir["CHANGELOG", "MIT-LICENSE", "README", "lib/**/*"]

activerecord/Rakefile

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'active_record', 'version')
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/test/config"
 
 MYSQL_DB_USER = 'rails'

activerecord/activerecord.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "active_record/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'activerecord'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'Object-relational mapper framework (part of Rails).'
   s.description = 'Object-relational mapper framework (part of Rails).'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@
   s.extra_rdoc_files = %w( README )
   s.rdoc_options.concat ['--main',  'README']
 
-  s.add_dependency('activesupport', '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('activemodel',   '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('activesupport', "= #{ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('activemodel',   "= #{ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING}")
   s.add_dependency('arel',          '~> 0.2.1')
 end

activeresource/Rakefile

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'active_resource', 'version')
-
 desc "Default Task"
 task :default => [ :test ]
 

activeresource/activeresource.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "active_resource/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'activeresource'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = ActiveResource::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'REST-model framework (part of Rails).'
   s.description = 'REST-model framework (part of Rails).'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -18,6 +21,6 @@
   s.extra_rdoc_files = %w( README )
   s.rdoc_options.concat ['--main',  'README']
 
-  s.add_dependency('activesupport', '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('activemodel',   '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('activesupport', "= #{ActiveResource::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('activemodel',   "= #{ActiveResource::VERSION::STRING}")
 end

activesupport/Rakefile

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'active_support', 'version')
-
 task :default => :test
 Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
   t.libs << 'test'

activesupport/activesupport.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "active_support/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'activesupport'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = ActiveSupport::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'Support and utility classes used by the Rails framework.'
   s.description = 'Support and utility classes used by the Rails framework.'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'

rails.gemspec

+$:.unshift "railties/lib"
+require "rails/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'rails'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = Rails::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'Full-stack web-application framework.'
   s.description = 'Full-stack web-application framework.'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -14,11 +17,11 @@
   s.files = []
   s.require_path = []
 
-  s.add_dependency('activesupport',    '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('actionpack',       '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('activerecord',     '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('activeresource',   '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('actionmailer',     '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('railties',         '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('activesupport',    "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('actionpack',       "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('activerecord',     "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('activeresource',   "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('actionmailer',     "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('railties',         "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
   s.add_dependency('bundler',          '>= 0.9.8')
 end

railties/Rakefile

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 require 'date'
 require 'rbconfig'
 
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/lib"
-require 'rails/version'
-
 task :default => :test
 task :test => 'test:isolated'
 

railties/lib/rails/tasks/documentation.rake

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace :doc do
   desc 'Generate documentation for the Rails framework. Specify path with PATH="/path/to/rails"'
   Rake::RDocTask.new("rails") { |rdoc|
     path = ENV['RAILS_PATH'] || 'vendor/gems/gems'
-    version = '-3.0.0.beta1' unless ENV['RAILS_PATH']
+    version = "-#{Rails::VERSION::STRING}" unless ENV['RAILS_PATH']
     rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc/api'
     rdoc.template = "#{ENV['template']}.rb" if ENV['template']
     rdoc.title    = "Rails Framework Documentation"

railties/railties.gemspec

+$:.unshift "lib"
+require "rails/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.name        = 'railties'
-  s.version     = '3.0.0.beta1'
+  s.version     = Rails::VERSION::STRING
   s.summary     = 'Controls boot-up, rake tasks and generators for the Rails framework.'
   s.description = 'Controls boot-up, rake tasks and generators for the Rails framework.'
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.7'
@@ -22,6 +25,6 @@
 
   s.add_dependency('rake',          '>= 0.8.3')
   s.add_dependency('thor',          '~> 0.13.4')
-  s.add_dependency('activesupport', '= 3.0.0.beta1')
-  s.add_dependency('actionpack',    '= 3.0.0.beta1')
+  s.add_dependency('activesupport', "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
+  s.add_dependency('actionpack',    "= #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}")
 end