ShootingStar is the comet server which is implemented by ruby and C language with use of epoll/kqueue.

Main subject of this release is improvement of an event handling.

Details are as follows.

+ 3 major enhancements:
+ Profiling by RubyProf if CONFIG.profile.
+ Serialized event execution.
+ Separated type and phase on connection management.
+ 3 minor enhancements:
+ Added new task meteor_strike:update for updating plugin.
+ Refined a code of reconnection in flash client.
+ Updated chat generator.
+ 2 minor spec changes:
+ Added lib/version.rb.
+ Added :without_logging to shooting_star.yml
+ 1 minor bugfix:
+ Renamed helper module of a chat generator template.

For users of previous version, it is necessary to update your application by steps as follows;

$ cd /path/to/rails/root
$ shooting_star init
$ ./script/generate meteor

Enjoy!