[ruby-core:31092] Re: [Bug #3140] gem activation has changed between 1.8 and 1.9

On 6 Jul 2010, at 17:18, Evan Phoenix wrote:

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> On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:10 AM, James Tucker wrote:
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>> On 6 Jul 2010, at 16:49, Yusuke Endoh wrote:
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>>> Issue #3140 has been updated by Yusuke Endoh.
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>>> Hi,
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>>> I set a deadline of this discussion: 7/10 (Sat) 23:59 JST.
>>> 1.9.2 will be released in status quo unless we can agree on concrete
>>> solution and write a patch.
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>>> IMO, it is no use just to complain.  It is too late to broaden the
>>> discussion.  Let's focus on the issue at hand, and please write a
>>> patch yourself.
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>> I have. http://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master...perflude
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>>> Or, complain directly to the maintainer for rubygems.
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>> I am.
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>> Is the above patch to rubygems actually acceptable for inclusion (via rubygems/fast.rb) to be included into ruby as a replacement for gem_prelude?
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> No, the patch isn't acceptable as going into 1.9.2, because it has not gone through the normal rigor of rubygems testing. I see a few issues with it straight away.

After discussion various of the social and release engineering issues with Evan, I want to provide a +1 for his patch for the 1.9.2 release.

There are still remaining bugs with gem_prelude.rb that concern me, but in the interest of progress I agree we should move forward and address these in a more organised discussion between the rubygems team and the ruby team by the next release in order to reduce user error reports for all involved, and our users.