From: Motohiro KOSAKI <kosaki.motohiro@...>
Date: 2011-07-21T10:29:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:38291] [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #5056] About 1.9 EOL


Issue #5056 has been updated by Motohiro KOSAKI.


>> Sorry, I don't get it. "2.0 is one of 1.9 series" ?  Please explain a bit.
>> 
>> But I really want this topic to be concise.  Thank you.
>> 
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>There are two principles of Ruby 2.0; in short,
>* 2.0 is much different from 1.9.3
>* 2.0 is not different from 1.9.3 so much
>
>On latter one, 2.0 is one of 1.9.x series and we don't need neither ruby_1_9 branch and this >thread.
>
>So first of all we should decide what is the 2.0.
>Current my understanding is, Ruby 2.0 is the one we release in 2012.

OK, I've caught your point and I like this. I would suggest

 - 1.9.4 will be released in early 2012. It has only small update.
   because development time is smaller than 1.9.[123].
 - 2.0 will be released in 2013 Feb. it's good candidate because ruby was born at Feb 24 1993.
 - 2.0 don't have any incompatibility
 - no ruby_1_9 branch
 - keep "release once per a year" rule
 - 3.0 may have API change, but it's 2015 or later

Thought?

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Feature #5056: About 1.9 EOL
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5056

Author: Shyouhei Urabe
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
Category: Project
Target version: 2.0


=begin

At RubyKaigi,  I was surprised to  hear Matz saying "there  will be no
1.9.4 because it becomes 2.0".

Question 1: are you kidding?  or seriously speaking?

Question 2:  do you have  plan(s) for making  1.9 branch just  like we
have  1.8 branch  now?  or  the  whole 1.9  series just  die when  2.0
development starts?

Question 3: who take care of the 2.0 branch? and who for 1.9 (if any)?
Currently yugui  is the mentor of  1.9 series.  Does she  shift to 2.0
mentor and new 1.9 person to appear, or she remains to 1.9 and new one
for 2.0?

=end



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