From: Benoit Daloze <eregontp@...>
Date: 2011-09-30T08:57:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:39781] Re: [Backport87 - Feature #4996] About 1.8.7 EOL

On 29 September 2011 14:51, Shyouhei Urabe <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
>
> Issue #4996 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe.
>
>
> =begin
>
> Hi folks, I'd like to make an official announcement about this topic on www.ruby-lang.org.
> Can you take a look at this draft? �I'm sure my English is bad.
>
>
> � �Hello, and thank you for your getting into our community.
>
> � �I know most of �you more or less use version 1.8.7 �of Ruby today. �It
> � �was released �in 2008 and was �a state-of-art Ruby �release back then.
> � �-- I am �proud to say �it is no �longer. �Ruby's core �developers have
> � �been actively working �on their new versions, 1.9, �and they are about
> � �to �release new 1.9.3. � I have �been using �1.9 for �years and �now I
> � �cannot �go �back to �the �days �without �it. �Rich �features. � Faster
> � �execution. �Rubygems integrated. �Rails works perfectly. �I cannot but
> � �say it is totally wonderful. �Everyone please, use 1.9.
>
> � �But at �the same time I �know you cannot �switch to 1.9 right �now for
> � �various �reasons. � �Maybe �you � have �already �been � deployed �your
> � �application with 1.8.7. �Maybe you use a 3rd party library and that is
> � �for 1.8.7 only. �Or maybe your Linux distribution only supports 1.8.7.
> � �So I hereby announce �you how long you can stick to �it. �It is OK you
> � �are using 1.8.7 today but after a while, it will be shut down.
>
> � �Please be ready.
>
> � �Schedule:
>
> � �* We continue to provide normal �maintenance for 1.8.7 as usual, until
> � � �June �2012. � You can �safely �assume �we �provide bugfixes �and �no
> � � �incompatibility shall be introduced.
>
> � �* After that we stop bugfixes. � We still provide security fixes until
> � � �June 2013, in case you are still using 1.8.7.
>
> � �* We will no longer support 1.8.7 in all senses after June 2013.

I am not a native english speaker, but here is what I think.

I believe what you wrote is actually really good english and entertaining.

I found only one sentence which is a bit unclear:
"Ruby's core developers have been actively working  on their new
versions, 1.9,  and they are about to release new 1.9.3."
I would rather write:
"Ruby's core developers have been actively working  on their new
version, 1.9, and they are about to release 1.9.3."

Benoit Daloze