From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 5 15:23:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77D3106564A for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:23:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from code@apotheon.net) Received: from oproxy5-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy5.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73BF38FC1F for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:23:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6047 invoked by uid 0); 5 Jun 2012 15:23:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 5 Jun 2012 15:23:07 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.net; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=sTn47XVFmndnukqeevmQxrWl+EGnTnCmkxuQlEr+ecI=; b=ytCoC5e3IHkS+Qm6GwcTF8x5VVDRzsWWkbixIdMYD78gq3fX39bkcHsGbZGcCjVIMmvjrJs96Mo4C+sGNMe0IZeM8w1ZEprgVnkD16ryjuUNNzQArnfp8C5agi5d94qG; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=60598 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Sbvb8-0003NF-5b for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:23:06 -0600 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:23:05 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120605152305.GA21675@hemlock.hydra> References: <4FC96D45.8080904@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FC96D45.8080904@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with code@apotheon.net} Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9 as default X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:23:07 -0000 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 ]