Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:19:09 +0300 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: stef@memberwebs.com Cc: Stef <stef-list@memberwebs.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is the ruby 1.8.7 update incompatible with 1.8.6? Message-ID: <20090213101909.9afdbab3.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20090213022711.0812DEFB919@mx.npubs.com> References: <20090212163002.302A8EFB919@mx.npubs.com> <20090212195932.dea33ddc.stas@FreeBSD.org> <20090213022711.0812DEFB919@mx.npubs.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:27:11 +0000 (UTC) Stef <stef-list@memberwebs.com> mentioned: > 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. > Yeah, but anyway it requires a testing first before deployment, epsecially if rails used as they tend to dig deeply into all dirty corners of the language. My rails 2.2.2 survived the update, but I can't say anything about other versions. So be careful (but you probably already know that)! - -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAkmVHvIACgkQK/VZk+smlYHB7ACfYL748rGUi1GVe8RbStr6lGfJ JV0An2Gugk0O+nGP06cdTJS05N4NyEy9 =0YHz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- !DSPAM:49951ed8967006981484228!
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