diff --git a/README b/README
index 978f24f..68d6066 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ SYNOPSIS
 URIS
 
   http://github.com/ahoward/systemu
-  http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
 
 INSTALL
 
diff --git a/README.erb b/README.erb
index 889a15e..ecfa107 100644
--- a/README.erb
+++ b/README.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ SYNOPSIS
 URIS
 
   http://github.com/ahoward/systemu
-  http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
 
 INSTALL
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bce655c..7ed6a78 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,26 +1,38 @@
-This.rubyforge_project = 'codeforpeople'
+require 'rbconfig'
+
 This.author = "Ara T. Howard"
 This.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
 This.homepage = "https://github.com/ahoward/#{ This.lib }"
 
+desc('Write "Ruby" to a file "LICENSE"')
 task :license do
   open('LICENSE', 'w'){|fd| fd.puts "Ruby"}
 end
 
+desc('Print all available tasks')
 task :default do
   puts((Rake::Task.tasks.map{|task| task.name.gsub(/::/,':')} - ['default']).sort)
 end
 
+desc('Run all tests')
 task :test do
   run_tests!
 end
 
 namespace :test do
+  desc('Run tests in a sub-directory "unit" of the test directory')
   task(:unit){ run_tests!(:unit) }
+  desc('Run tests in a sub-directory "functional" of the test directory')
   task(:functional){ run_tests!(:functional) }
+  desc('Run tests in a sub-directory "integration" of the test directory')
   task(:integration){ run_tests!(:integration) }
 end
 
+##
+# Run all or a sub-set of the scripts ending in "_test.rb" within the "test" dir
+#
+# The parameter "which" can be utilized to request that only tests within a
+# sub-directory of a certain name of "test" shall be executed.
 def run_tests!(which = nil)
   which ||= '**'
   test_dir = File.join(This.dir, "test")
@@ -59,7 +71,7 @@ def run_tests!(which = nil)
   end
 end
 
-
+desc('Write the "systemu.gemspec" file')
 task :gemspec do
   ignore_extensions = ['git', 'svn', 'tmp', /sw./, 'bak', 'gem']
   ignore_directories = ['pkg']
@@ -145,7 +157,6 @@ task :gemspec do
 
             spec.extensions.push(*<%= extensions.inspect %>)
 
-            spec.rubyforge_project = <%= This.rubyforge_project.inspect %>
             spec.author = <%= This.author.inspect %>
             spec.email = <%= This.email.inspect %>
             spec.homepage = <%= This.homepage.inspect %>
@@ -160,6 +171,7 @@ task :gemspec do
   This.gemspec = gemspec
 end
 
+desc('Clean the "pkg" directory and (re-)create the gem file')
 task :gem => [:clean, :gemspec] do
   Fu.mkdir_p(This.pkgdir)
   before = Dir['*.gem']
@@ -171,6 +183,7 @@ task :gem => [:clean, :gemspec] do
   This.gem = File.join(This.pkgdir, File.basename(gem))
 end
 
+desc('Re-generate the "README" file from the samples and the template')
 task :readme do
   samples = ''
   prompt = '~ > '
@@ -214,12 +227,12 @@ task :readme do
   open("README", "w"){|fd| fd.puts template}
 end
 
-
+desc('Remove all files from the "pkg" directory')
 task :clean do
   Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '**/**')].each{|entry| Fu.rm_rf(entry)}
 end
 
-
+desc('Clean existing gems, (re-)create gem and publish')
 task :release => [:clean, :gemspec, :gem] do
   gems = Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '*.gem')].flatten
   raise "which one? : #{ gems.inspect }" if gems.size > 1
@@ -230,12 +243,6 @@ task :release => [:clean, :gemspec, :gem] do
   puts
   system(cmd)
   abort("cmd(#{ cmd }) failed with (#{ $?.inspect })") unless $?.exitstatus.zero?
-
-  cmd = "rubyforge login && rubyforge add_release #{ This.rubyforge_project } #{ This.lib } #{ This.version } #{ This.gem }"
-  puts cmd
-  puts
-  system(cmd)
-  abort("cmd(#{ cmd }) failed with (#{ $?.inspect })") unless $?.exitstatus.zero?
 end
 
 
@@ -243,8 +250,7 @@ end
 
 
 BEGIN {
-# support for this rakefile
-#
+  # support for this rakefile
   $VERBOSE = nil
 
   require 'ostruct'
@@ -253,28 +259,26 @@ BEGIN {
   require 'rbconfig'
   require 'pp'
 
-# fu shortcut
-#
+  # create a shortcut "Fu" for FileUtils
   Fu = FileUtils
 
-# cache a bunch of stuff about this rakefile/environment
-#
+  # cache a bunch of stuff about this Rakefile and its environment
   This = OpenStruct.new
 
   This.file = File.expand_path(__FILE__)
   This.dir = File.dirname(This.file)
   This.pkgdir = File.join(This.dir, 'pkg')
 
-# grok lib
-#
+  # determine the library's name
   lib = ENV['LIB']
   unless lib
+    # drop anything after (including) the last '-' from the directory name to
+    # derive the library's name
     lib = File.basename(Dir.pwd).sub(/[-].*$/, '')
   end
   This.lib = lib
 
-# grok version
-#
+  # determine the library's version
   version = ENV['VERSION']
   unless version
     require "./lib/#{ This.lib }"
@@ -284,62 +288,78 @@ BEGIN {
   end
   This.version = version
 
-# see if dependencies are export by the module
-#
+  # see if dependencies are export by the module
   if This.object.respond_to?(:dependencies)
     This.dependencies = This.object.dependencies
   end
 
-# we need to know the name of the lib an it's version
-#
+  # the library's name and version are mandatory to be known
   abort('no lib') unless This.lib
   abort('no version') unless This.version
 
-# discover full path to this ruby executable
-#
-  c = Config::CONFIG
+  # discover the full path to this ruby executable
+  c = ::RbConfig::CONFIG
   bindir = c["bindir"] || c['BINDIR']
   ruby_install_name = c['ruby_install_name'] || c['RUBY_INSTALL_NAME'] || 'ruby'
   ruby_ext = c['EXEEXT'] || ''
   ruby = File.join(bindir, (ruby_install_name + ruby_ext))
   This.ruby = ruby
 
-# some utils
-#
+  ##
+  # Module with utility methods used by the Rakefile
   module Util
+    ##
+    # Indent a string "s" with a number "n" of spaces
+    #
+    # The string will be un-intended with #unindent before the new indentation
+    # is being conducted.
     def indent(s, n = 2)
       s = unindent(s)
       ws = ' ' * n
       s.gsub(%r/^/, ws)
     end
 
+    ##
+    # Unindent a string "s"
+    #
+    # The indentation of the string is determined by the leading whitespaces of
+    # the first non-empty, non-entirely-whitespace line.
     def unindent(s)
       indent = nil
       s.each_line do |line|
-      next if line =~ %r/^\s*$/
-      indent = line[%r/^\s*/] and break
+        next if line =~ %r/^\s*$/
+        indent = line[%r/^\s*/] and break
+      end
+      indent ? s.gsub(%r/^#{ indent }/, "") : s
     end
-    indent ? s.gsub(%r/^#{ indent }/, "") : s
-  end
+
     extend self
   end
 
-# template support
-#
+  ##
+  # Class for loading and executing ERB template code
   class Template
+    ##
+    # Create a new instance from a block returning the template's code
     def initialize(&block)
       @block = block
       @template = block.call.to_s
     end
+
+    ##
+    # Execute the ERB template's block with an optional binding
+    #
+    # If no binding is given the binding of the blocked which got passed to the
+    # initializer will be used.
     def expand(b=nil)
       ERB.new(Util.unindent(@template)).result((b||@block).binding)
     end
+
     alias_method 'to_s', 'expand'
   end
   def Template(*args, &block) Template.new(*args, &block) end
 
-# colored console output support
-#
+  # colored console output support
   This.ansi = {
     :clear      => "\e[0m",
     :reset      => "\e[0m",
@@ -369,6 +389,7 @@ BEGIN {
     :on_cyan    => "\e[46m",
     :on_white   => "\e[47m"
   }
+
   def say(phrase, *args)
     options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}
     options[:color] = args.shift.to_s.to_sym unless args.empty?
@@ -388,7 +409,6 @@ BEGIN {
     Kernel.send(method, parts.join)
   end
 
-# always run out of the project dir
-#
+  # always run out of the project dir itself
   Dir.chdir(This.dir)
 }
diff --git a/lib/systemu.rb b/lib/systemu.rb
index aa12fe4..c55fd8f 100644
--- a/lib/systemu.rb
+++ b/lib/systemu.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-
 require 'tmpdir'
 require 'socket'
 require 'fileutils'
@@ -11,29 +9,32 @@ def systemu(*a, &b) SystemUniversal.new(*a, &b).systemu end
 end
 
 class SystemUniversal
-#
-# constants
-#
+  #
+  # constants
+  #
   SystemUniversal::VERSION = '2.6.5' unless SystemUniversal.send(:const_defined?, :VERSION)
   def SystemUniversal.version() SystemUniversal::VERSION end
   def version() SystemUniversal::VERSION end
   def SystemUniversal.description
     "universal capture of stdout and stderr and handling of child process pid for windows, *nix, etc."
   end
-#
-# class methods
-#
 
+  #
+  # instance variables
+  #
   @host = Socket.gethostname
   @ppid = Process.ppid
   @pid = Process.pid
   @turd = ENV['SYSTEMU_TURD']
   @ruby = nil
 
+  #
+  # class methods
+  #
   def self.ruby
     return @ruby if @ruby
 
-    c = begin; ::RbConfig::CONFIG; rescue NameError; ::Config::CONFIG; end
+    c = ::RbConfig::CONFIG
     ruby = File.join(c['bindir'], c['ruby_install_name']) << c['EXEEXT']
     @ruby = if system(ruby, '-e', '42')
       ruby
@@ -50,10 +51,9 @@ def quote(*words)
     end
   end
 
-#
-# instance methods
-#
-
+  #
+  # instance methods
+  #
   def initialize argv, opts = {}, &block
     getopt = getopts opts
 
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ def quietly
 
   def child_program config
     <<-program
-      # encoding: utf-8
-
       PIPE = STDOUT.dup
       begin
         config = Marshal.load(IO.read('#{ config }',:mode=>"rb"))
diff --git a/systemu.gemspec b/systemu.gemspec
index bfe834c..7c04f05 100644
--- a/systemu.gemspec
+++ b/systemu.gemspec
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
 
   spec.extensions.push(*[])
 
-  spec.rubyforge_project = "codeforpeople"
   spec.author = "Ara T. Howard"
   spec.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
   spec.homepage = "https://github.com/ahoward/systemu"
diff --git a/test/systemu_test.rb b/test/systemu_test.rb
index 6d4bf2b..ac1e6b0 100644
--- a/test/systemu_test.rb
+++ b/test/systemu_test.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
     end
   end
 
+  testing 'query systemu version' do
+    # query systemu's version through the class itself
+    assert { SystemU.version =~ /\d+\.\d+\.\d+/ }
+    # query systemu's version through a class instance
+    assert do
+      a = SystemU.new('ls')
+      a.version =~ /\d+\.\d+\.\d+/
+    end
+  end
+
 end