From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Sep 13 09:06:51 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C93EB955 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meta@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46V8s72XQFz4MhB for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meta@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 56C68EB952; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:51 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5681DEB951; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meta@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46V8s71dgwz4Mh9; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meta@FreeBSD.org) Received: from icepick.vmeta.jp (unknown [IPv6:2405:6586:2280:1200:9d6d:3b99:ed1:4e61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: meta/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C68CBAAD7; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from meta@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:06:45 +0900 From: Koichiro Iwao To: Antoine Brodin Cc: ports@freebsd.org, ruby@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FLAVORS for Ruby Message-ID: <20190913090645.buutinhgh2pygb4h@icepick.vmeta.jp> References: <20190913074519.xfu3avb4ihmfzm2o@icepick.vmeta.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE amd64 User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:06:51 -0000 On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:00:19AM +0200, Antoine Brodin wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 9:45 AM Koichiro Iwao 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. -- meta