Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:14:01 -0400 From: Steve Wills <swills@FreeBSD.org> To: Koichiro Iwao <meta@FreeBSD.org>, Antoine Brodin <antoine@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, ruby@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FLAVORS for Ruby Message-ID: <8922b3a9-e433-7a6e-e4e5-29f22fbbfb88@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20190913090645.buutinhgh2pygb4h@icepick.vmeta.jp> References: <20190913074519.xfu3avb4ihmfzm2o@icepick.vmeta.jp> <CAALwa8m3NJSckxSyrVTehx3LWxheSJXxUB=iAxr%2B1HG_2WFtfg@mail.gmail.com> <20190913090645.buutinhgh2pygb4h@icepick.vmeta.jp>
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Hi, On 9/13/19 5:06 AM, Koichiro Iwao wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:00:19AM +0200, Antoine Brodin wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 9:45 AM Koichiro Iwao <meta@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to suggest introducing FLAVOR to Ruby ports. >>> >>> AFAIK multiple version of Ruby ports (lang/ruby??) can be installed at >>> the same time. One of these ruby ports will be *default* installed as >>> PREFIX/bin/ruby. In contrast of Ruby lang, rubygem ports cannot be >>> installed for multiple Ruby version at the same time. >>> >>> I would say Ruby and rubygem ports needs FLAVORS like Python ports. >>> In Python ports, the same origin py- ports can be installed for multiple >>> versions such as py27, py35, py36. If the same thing can be done with >>> Ruby ports, FreeBSD Ruby ports will be much improved. >>> >>> I would appreciate if you Ruby folks bounce some ideas off each other. >>> Let me know if someone's already working on FLAVORS on Ruby. Is there >>> something that I can help you with? >> >> Please no. I don't see valid reasons. > > Why? I don't see invalid reasons. Had Ruby FLAVORS already denied in the > past? What's the difference between Rython and Ruby? py- ports can be > installed for py35 and py36 at the same time. Why not for Ruby? > > I'm just brainstorming Ruby FLAVORS. Both positive opinions and negative > opinions are welcome. > We provide multiple versions of Ruby, it would make sense to provide gems for each version. In fact, I worked on this but never finished it: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13333 Steve
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