This commit is all about moving toward 'Hoe' as the project helper.

$ gem install hoe

To get there the following has been done:

 * Adhere to hoe naming conventions.
 * Migrate and update tests.
 * Consolidate and update documentation.
 * Prepare History.txt for release.
 * And I probably forgot something...

History.txt

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+=== Net::LDAP 0.0.5 / 2008-11-xx
+
+* 13 minor enhancements:
+  * Added Net::LDAP::Entry#to_ldif
+  * Supported rootDSE searches with a new API.
+  * Added [preliminary (still undocumented) support for SASL authentication.
+  * Supported several constructs from the server side of the LDAP protocol.
+  * Added a "consuming" String#read_ber! method.
+  * Added some support for SNMP data-handling.
+  * Belatedly added a patch contributed by Kouhei Sutou last October.
+    The patch adds start_tls support.
+  * Added Net::LDAP#search_subschema_entry
+  * Added Net::LDAP::Filter#parse_ber, which constructs Net::LDAP::Filter
+    objects directly from BER objects that represent search filters in
+    LDAP SearchRequest packets.
+  * Added Net::LDAP::Filter#execute, which allows arbitrary processing
+    based on LDAP filters.
+  * Changed Net::LDAP::Entry so it can be marshalled and unmarshalled.
+    Thanks to an anonymous feature requester who only left the name
+    "Jammy."
+  * Added support for binary values in Net::LDAP::Entry LDIF conversions
+    and marshalling.
+  * Migrated to 'hoe' as the new project droid.
+
+* 13 bugs fixed:
+  * Silenced some annoying warnings in filter.rb. Thanks to "barjunk"
+    for pointing this out.
+  * Some fairly extensive performance optimizations in the BER parser.
+  * Fixed a bug in Net::LDAP::Entry::from_single_ldif_string noticed by
+    Matthias Tarasiewicz.
+  * Removed an erroneous LdapError value, noticed by Kouhei Sutou.
+  * Supported attributes containing blanks (cn=Babs Jensen) to
+    Filter#construct. Suggested by an anonymous Rubyforge user.
+  * Added missing syntactic support for Filter ANDs, NOTs and a few other
+    things.
+  * Extended support for server-reported error messages. This was provisionally
+    added to Net::LDAP#add, and eventually will be added to other methods.
+  * Fixed bug in Net::LDAP#bind. We were ignoring the passed-in auth parm.
+    Thanks to Kouhei Sutou for spotting it.
+  * Patched filter syntax to support octal \XX codes. Thanks to Kouhei Sutou
+    for the patch.
+  * Applied an additional patch from Kouhei.
+  * Allowed comma in filter strings, suggested by Kouhei.
+  * 04Sep07, Changed four error classes to inherit from StandardError rather
+    Exception, in order to be friendlier to irb. Suggested by Kouhei.
+  * Minor bug fixes here and there
+
+=== Net::LDAP 0.0.4 / 2006-08-15
+
+* Undeprecated Net::LDAP#modify. Thanks to Justin Forder for
+  providing the rationale for this.
+* Added a much-expanded set of special characters to the parser
+  for RFC-2254 filters. Thanks to Andre Nathan.
+* Changed Net::LDAP#search so you can pass it a filter in string form.
+  The conversion to a Net::LDAP::Filter now happens automatically.
+* Implemented Net::LDAP#bind_as (preliminary and subject to change).
+  Thanks for Simon Claret for valuable suggestions and for helping test.
+* Fixed bug in Net::LDAP#open that was preventing #open from being
+  called more than one on a given Net::LDAP object.
+
+=== Net::LDAP 0.0.3 / 2006-07-26
+
+* Added simple TLS encryption.
+  Thanks to Garett Shulman for suggestions and for helping test.
+
+=== Net::LDAP 0.0.2 / 2006-07-12
+
+* Fixed malformation in distro tarball and gem.
+* Improved documentation.
+* Supported "paged search control."
+* Added a range of API improvements.
+* Thanks to Andre Nathan, [email protected], for valuable
+  suggestions.
+* Added support for LE and GE search filters.
+* Added support for Search referrals.
+* Fixed a regression with openldap 2.2.x and higher caused
+  by the introduction of RFC-2696 controls. Thanks to Andre
+  Nathan for reporting the problem.
+* Added support for RFC-2254 filter syntax.
+
+=== Net::LDAP 0.0.1 / 2006-05-01
+
+* Initial release.
+* Client functionality is near-complete, although the APIs
+  are not guaranteed and may change depending on feedback
+  from the community.
+* We're internally working on a Ruby-based implementation
+  of a full-featured, production-quality LDAP server,
+  which will leverage the underlying LDAP and BER functionality
+  in Net::LDAP.
+* Please tell us if you would be interested in seeing a public
+  release of the LDAP server.
+* Grateful acknowledgement to Austin Ziegler, who reviewed
+  this code and provided the release framework, including
+  minitar.

Manifest.txt

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+COPYING
+History.txt
+LICENSE
+Manifest.txt
+README.txt
+Rakefile
+Release-Announcement
+lib/net/ber.rb
+lib/net/ldap.rb
+lib/net/ldap/dataset.rb
+lib/net/ldap/entry.rb
+lib/net/ldap/filter.rb
+lib/net/ldap/pdu.rb
+lib/net/ldap/psw.rb
+lib/net/ldif.rb
+lib/net/snmp.rb
+pre-setup.rb
+setup.rb
+test/common.rb
+test/test_ber.rb
+test/test_entry.rb
+test/test_filter.rb
+test/test_ldif.rb
+test/test_password.rb
+test/test_snmp.rb
+test/testdata.ldif
+tests/NOTICE.txt
+tests/testber.rb
+tests/testdata.ldif
+tests/testem.rb
+tests/testfilter.rb
+tests/testldap.rb
+tests/testldif.rb
+tests/testpsw.rb
+tests/testsnmp.rb
+testserver/ldapserver.rb
+testserver/testdata.ldif

README.txt

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+= Net::LDAP for Ruby
+
+* http://rubyforge.org/projects/net-ldap
+
+== DESCRIPTION:
+
+Pure Ruby LDAP library.
+
+== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
+
+The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an Internet protocol
+for accessing distributed directory services.
+
+Net::LDAP is an LDAP support library written in pure Ruby. It supports
+most LDAP client features and a subset of server features as well.
+
+* Standards-based (going for RFC 4511)
+* Portable: 100% Ruby
+
+== SYNOPSIS:
+
+See Net::LDAP for documentation and usage samples.
+
+== REQUIREMENTS:
+
+Net::LDAP requires Ruby 1.8.2 or better.
+
+== INSTALL:
+
+Net::LDAP is a pure Ruby library. It does not require any external
+libraries.
+
+You can install the RubyGems version of Net::LDAP available from the
+usual sources.
+
+* gem install net-ldap
+
+If using the packaged (.tgz) version; it can be installed with:
+
+* ruby setup.rb
+
+== CREDITS:
+
+Net::LDAP was originally developed by:
+
+* Francis Cianfrocca <[email protected]>
+
+Contributions since:
+
+* Austin Ziegler <[email protected]>
+* Emiel van de Laar <[email protected]>
+
+== LICENSE:
+
+Copyright (C) 2006 by Francis Cianfrocca
+
+Please read the file LICENSE for licensing restrictions on this library. In
+the simplest terms, this library is available under the same terms as Ruby
+itself.
+
+Available under the same terms as Ruby. See LICENSE in the main
+distribution for full licensing information.