From: Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...>
Date: 2010-09-27T15:15:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:32584] Re: Cross-compilation bugs and seek for help

(2010/09/27 2:48), Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
>> It might be off topic though I have to mention this anyway.  This is not for
>> Luis, but other Ruby programmers:
>>
>> (2010/09/13 7:23), Luis Lavena wrote:
>>> However, latest changes and the backport misses in 1.8.7, 1.9.1 and
>>> 1.9.2 from trunk are not allowing this tool provide a working Ruby
>>> version for these developers.
>>
>> I am honestly skeptic for 1.8.7's getting convenient any more.  Stop using
>> that old version today and just start using 1.9.2.  That doesn't mean core
>> team is finishing 1.8.7, but YOU should.  For ones who already deployed 1.8.7,
>> we offer fixes for a while, but if you are to start providing something, 1.8.7
>> is not a wiser choice.
>>
> 
> While I agree 100% with you, there are still many many library authors
> that haven't upgraded their libraries or applications for 1.9.x, even
> less for just released 1.9.2
> 
> In my position as maintainer of RubyInstaller I have no alternative
> but provide support for what Ruby-Core consider supported: 1.8.7
> included.


I know your position.  And this specific cross-compilation problem on this
thread is considered a bug.  It will be fixed.