From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2009-02-13T02:15:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22042] Re: 1.8.7 Specifics


On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:17 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

> Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>>    We at Engine Yard would be honored to take over as maintainers  
>> of ruby1.8.6. We have a lot of customers using it and have a vested  
>> interest in keeping it around and patched with latest security and  
>> efficiency related patches without changing any apis and keeping in  
>> line with what folks expect from a stable ruby1.8.6.
>
> Whoever takes over as maintainer should include alternative  
> implementers in decision-making to make sure nothing like 1.8.7  
> happens. I will volunteer my time to help with that process from a  
> JRuby angle.
>
> I think we'd all be served well by ensuring that 1.8.6 remains  
> strong and stable and consistent across implementations.
>
> - Charlie


Charlie-

	If we take over as maintainers we would make it a high priority to  
work with alternate implementations and the community in general to  
ensure a stable 1.8.6 ruby lineage.

	We can commit the proper amount of human resources as well as servers  
and QA resources with automated CI running rubyspecs to ensure  
compatibility.

Cheers-

Ezra Zygmuntowicz
ez@engineyard.com