Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:02:43 +0100 From: Torsten Zuehlsdorff <mailinglists@toco-domains.de> To: freebsd-ruby@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obsoleting Rails 3.x? Message-ID: <56AB46D3.4090207@toco-domains.de> In-Reply-To: <56A60EAB.9080205@toco-domains.de> References: <56A08842.8090105@toco-domains.de> <56A10C9A.3090604@FreeBSD.org> <56A20126.9040901@toco-domains.de> <56A60EAB.9080205@toco-domains.de>
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On 25.01.2016 13:01, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote: >>>> while working on many ports i figured out there are a bunch of >>>> dependencies to our Rails 3 port. But for many rubygems this is not >>>> needed - they already work with Rails 4.2. Often this results in a port >>>> based on Rails 3 and a slave port with Rails 4.2. >>>> This will become even more bad because Rails 5 is already on its way. >>>> >>>> Also when i'm understanding the release notices correct (i found them >>>> quite confusing) they state: >>>> - Rails 3.2 will only fix really bad security issues (while letting >>>> "normal" security issues intact) >>>> - you seem to get the fixes just if you pay >>>> >>>> So i would announce, that we go through the gems and do a little >>>> cleanup. If a gem will work with Rails 4.2 we should switch its >>>> dependency to this version instead of Rails 3. >>>> >>>> Your thoughts? Objections? >>> >>> Sounds good, let's do it. >> >> Fine! :) I will start next week! > > Okay, i did start, but with another step. First i set all Rails 4.1 > ports deprecated. I introduced them just for the GitLab port, which no > longer needs them: > https://github.com/t-zuehlsdorff/freebsd-ports/tree/remove_rails41 > > I will create review and PR soon. First i need to take care about > another PR. Here is the PR: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206735 In the next step i will wrote updates for all the ports depending on Rails 3. When there are no dependencies left, i will write a patch to expire Rails 3. Greetings, Torsten
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