From: Eero Saynatkari <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2009-02-15T02:07:06+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22085] Re: 1.8.7 Specifics

Excerpts from gregory.t.brown's message of Sat Feb 14 16:28:51 +0200 2009:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:49 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
> <zznmeb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Gregory Brown wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Aaron Patterson
> >
> >> In all honesty, I'd be fine with the core team announcing an end of
> >> life of Ruby 1.8 as a whole.  That'd free up resources and end
> >> confusion.   Has this possibility been considered?
> >
> > That's an interesting option, given that Engine Yard has volunteered to
> > take over the "stock" Ruby 1.8.6, the One-Click installer is "stuck at
> > 1.8.6" for some compatibility reasons, jRuby is tuned to 1.8.6, and Ruby
> > Enterprise Edition is a fork of 1.8.6. From the point of view of your
> > two big projects, Ruport and Prawn, could you just say "bug fixes only
> > for 1.8, and only 1.8.6 is supported, all new functionality requires
> > 1.9.1 or later?" Then it would "just" be a matter of getting Rails,
> > RSpec and all the Linux distros functioning on 1.9.1 :)
> 
> I have considered this option but didn't want to stand in front of an
> angry mob.  Please suggest this idea on the Prawn or Ruport list.   I
> would do it if the community would allow for it...

I think it is a perfectly acceptable and in my opinion,
the best, option. It uses your resources in the best
possible manner.

If someone really wants 1.8.7...well, you accept volunteer
maintainers, right? :)


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