From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2011-07-09T02:48:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:37899] Re: [Backport87 - Feature #4996][Open] About 1.8.7 EOL


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On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 05:17:17PM +0900, Shyouhei Urabe wrote:
> So  to encourage  your moving  towards 1.9,  I think  I  should define
> 1.8.7's end-of-life to be at some point in the future.  I guess you're
> not moving to 1.9 because 1.8 is (or at least seems to be) maintained.
> Let's stop  it.  We will no longer  touch 1.8.7 in any  way once after
> the EOL. right?

FWIW, Rails 4 will only support 1.9.x.  With Rails 3.1, if you generate
an application using 1.9, it will only work on 1.9.

> My current timeline (to be rescheduled) is:
>=20
> - Normal maintenance (as it is today): provided until June 2012,
> - Security fixes: provided until June 2013.

The rails team will release 3.2 in 2012 (with 1.8 support), then I
expect 4.0 (Ruby 1.9 only) will be in 2013.

> Give us your opinioms.

I can't wait to be freed from Ruby 1.8.  :-)

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Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/

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