Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:23:05 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9 as default Message-ID: <20120605152305.GA21675@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4FC96D45.8080904@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FC96D45.8080904@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 09:32:53PM -0400, Steve Wills wrote: > > I think we should try to make Ruby 1.9 the default Ruby again and would > like to see it done before 9.1 is released. I've submitted a patch which > does this and requested and exp-run from portmgr. > > I would like to get feedback on this idea. If you have experience with > Ruby 1.9 as default, good or bad, please speak up. You can test this by > setting RUBY_DEFAULT_VER=1.9 in /etc/make.conf or editing Mk/bsd.ruby.mk > and setting the same variable there. More specifically, I'd like a switch to 1.9.3+ as default. I hope the end result will not be <= 1.9.2, for a number of reasons, including the fact that 1.9.3 is when Ruby started using a copyfree license (the Simplified BSD License, or 2-clause BSD License) instead of the previous copyleft license (the GPL). -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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