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= Active Support -- Utility classes and Ruby extensions from \Rails

Active Support is a collection of utility classes and standard library
extensions that were found useful for the \Rails framework. These additions
reside in this package so they can be loaded as needed in Ruby projects
outside of \Rails.

You can read more about the extensions in the {Active Support Core Extensions}[https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_support_core_extensions.html] guide.

== Download and installation

The latest version of Active Support can be installed with RubyGems:

  $ gem install activesupport

Source code can be downloaded as part of the \Rails project on GitHub:

* https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/main/activesupport


== License

Active Support is released under the MIT license:

* https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT


== Support

API documentation is at:

* https://api.rubyonrails.org

Bug reports for the Ruby on \Rails project can be filed here:

* https://github.com/rails/rails/issues

Feature requests should be discussed on the rails-core mailing list here:

* https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/c/rubyonrails-core
:link: Remove RDoc auto-link from Rails module everywhere 2023-06-23 09:49:30 +08:00			`= Active Support -- Utility classes and Ruby extensions from \Rails`
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revise download/installation/support sections in READMEs - don't reference ancient gem versions - don't link to old API doc subdomains - point to GitHub instead of RubyForge - point to Lighthouse account for support 2010-07-18 20:58:40 +08:00			`Active Support is a collection of utility classes and standard library`
:link: Remove RDoc auto-link from Rails module everywhere 2023-06-23 09:49:30 +08:00			`extensions that were found useful for the \Rails framework. These additions`
revise download/installation/support sections in READMEs - don't reference ancient gem versions - don't link to old API doc subdomains - point to GitHub instead of RubyForge - point to Lighthouse account for support 2010-07-18 20:58:40 +08:00			`reside in this package so they can be loaded as needed in Ruby projects`
:link: Remove RDoc auto-link from Rails module everywhere 2023-06-23 09:49:30 +08:00			`outside of \Rails.`
Documentation stuff git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@784 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de 2005-02-24 10:02:12 +08:00
Use stable guides link for package READMEs E.g.: These show up here: https://api.rubyonrails.org/files/actioncable/README_md.html 2023-02-04 08:01:00 +08:00			`You can read more about the extensions in the {Active Support Core Extensions}[https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_support_core_extensions.html] guide.`
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revise download/installation/support sections in READMEs - don't reference ancient gem versions - don't link to old API doc subdomains - point to GitHub instead of RubyForge - point to Lighthouse account for support 2010-07-18 20:58:40 +08:00			`== Download and installation`
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Rubygems => RubyGems 2011-08-05 16:34:43 +08:00			`The latest version of Active Support can be installed with RubyGems:`
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[ci skip] Add a dollar sign to each command in the READMEs According to pr #22443 in the guides there's always a dollar sign before every command, so why is in the main README a `$` and in every submodule a `%`? Just eye candy.. 2015-12-07 02:16:26 +08:00			`$ gem install activesupport`
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Unlink Rails constant from READMEs 2023-05-29 14:14:44 +08:00			`Source code can be downloaded as part of the \Rails project on GitHub:`
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Rename master to main in all code references 2021-01-20 04:43:24 +08:00			`* https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/main/activesupport`
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			`== License`

Finished implementation of MIT license linking. 2011-12-24 05:03:21 +08:00			`Active Support is released under the MIT license:`

Update MIT licenses link [ci skip] 2017-08-22 07:46:02 +08:00			`* https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT`
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			`== Support`

Corrected link anchor and added colons for continuity 2013-02-20 00:11:42 +08:00			`API documentation is at:`
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Fix links in gemspec and docs from http to https. 2019-03-09 20:08:03 +08:00			`* https://api.rubyonrails.org`
Documentation stuff git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@784 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de 2005-02-24 10:02:12 +08:00
Unlink Rails constant from READMEs 2023-05-29 14:14:44 +08:00			`Bug reports for the Ruby on \Rails project can be filed here:`
revise download/installation/support sections in READMEs - don't reference ancient gem versions - don't link to old API doc subdomains - point to GitHub instead of RubyForge - point to Lighthouse account for support 2010-07-18 20:58:40 +08:00
Replace LH with GitHub url for filing issues 2011-05-11 00:25:52 +08:00			`* https://github.com/rails/rails/issues`
Feature requests should be made on the mailing list, not submitted to the issue tracker. See also #15455 [ci skip] 2014-06-02 10:11:39 +08:00
			`Feature requests should be discussed on the rails-core mailing list here:`

Update the Rails mailing list URLs to new discuss discourse URL [ci skip] 2020-03-26 14:21:37 +08:00			`* https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/c/rubyonrails-core`