Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:27:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Stef <stef-list@memberwebs.com> To: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is the ruby 1.8.7 update incompatible with 1.8.6? Message-ID: <20090213022711.0812DEFB919@mx.npubs.com> References: <20090212163002.302A8EFB919@mx.npubs.com> <20090212195932.dea33ddc.stas@FreeBSD.org>
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Stanislav Sedov wrote: > On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:30:03 +0000 (UTC) > Stef <stef-list@memberwebs.com> mentioned: >> Devs of the systems I maintain are saying that they can't use 1.8.7 due >> to incompatibilities with rails and other breakages, and now suddenly >> there's no version of 1.8.6 in ports. > >> I'm not ruby guy myself, but I do try to support it as best I can. >> Ruby's irresponsible versioning and breakage of their software makes my >> job painful, and I'm slowly developing a grudge against ruby :/ > >> However I've been very thankful for the modicum of sanity that FreeBSD >> ports brought to ruby versions. Is that now gone too? Tell me it isn't so. > > This version is belived to be fully compatible with ruby-1.8.6 line. At least, > it fully passes the rubyspec tests (http://www.rubyspec.org/, also see > "validate" target in Makefile), so there should be no problems. > > The main concern with ruby-1.8.7 was it's incompatibility with rails, and > some stability problems. All of them was resolved. Today, 1.8.7 is recommended > for rails, as noted on their site. That's great news. I'll work on building packages for devs to deploy to their test systems. As I said before, I much appreciate your bringing sanity to an otherwise confusing ruby versioning scheme. Thanks, Stef
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