From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-01-07T11:55:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21181] ruby_version changes in 1.9.1-rc1

Hello All,
(Sorry to spam the list, but this is the third time I try to post and
ruby-core list mangles my message due UTF-8 setting).

While working on the new One-Click installer, noticed this change the
the folder structure between 1.8 and 1.9.1

On 1.8, RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_version'] defines MAYOR dot MINOR as
part of the folder structure for libraries and such
(lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mingw32)

While 1.9.1 set the version and the directory to MAYOR.MINOR and
TEENY, affecting the folder structure where rbconfig is located:
/lib/ruby/1.9.1/i386-mingw32)

This is important for me since I need to strip build path from the
file to allow portability to other computer locations.

I see that future 1.9.2 or 1.9.4 versions will break many setups,
making upgrade from versions a bit complicated.

Is the change intentional?

-- 
Luis Lavena
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup�ry