From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-05-29T10:03:27+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:23612] Re: Meaning of RUBY_PLATFORM On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Luis Lavena wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: >> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Luis Lavena wrote: >> >>> >>> Checking for one specific version of the OS to ensure a service is >>> running or installed is brittle. >> >> Well the guy wasn't checking for a specific version he was checking >> for at least the version when that feature became a core part of the >> OS. >> > > Which again brings the how brittle is that particular functionality. Not sure I understand how it's any more brittle than specifying a gem requirement as ">=2.2" In fact it's probably more likely that a programatic way to probe for the presence of a feature will break because of minor changes than the feature being removed in a future version of the system. >> Hey, it's not my gem. �I was only trying to point out that: >> >> [...] > > And I'm not blaming you, apologize if my email sound harsh or rude but > I'm not a native english speaker (self learned the language) and tried > to express the idea on how to fix or communicate it to the developer > (or contribute a patch) No problem -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale