From: Luis Lavena Date: 2009-01-08T00:17:10+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:21194] Re: ruby_version changes in 1.9.1-rc1 On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:13 AM, Justin Collins wrote: > Luis Lavena wrote: >> >> 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? >> >> > > Off-topic, but all four of your emails looked fine to me (using > Thunderbird). For some strange reason the emails from ruby-core just arrived today, accessing the web based ruby_core display them in base64: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/21179 -- Luis Lavena AREA 17 - 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