From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-12-18T14:05:29+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.8.x, YAML, and release management

On Dec 17, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Ryan Davis wrote:

> I'm concerned that 1.8.3's acceptance of non-backwards-compatible  
> changes to YAML is setting a bad precedence for ruby release  
> management. I don't think that point (read: bug-fix) releases  
> should accept and release anything that would break compatibility  
> with versions of the same major.minor value. Further, I don't think  
> that backwards incompatibility should be introduced on minor revs  
> without a minor rev in-between marking such a feature as deprecated.
>
> If this is the general consensus, I'd like to see the format change  
> in YAML be rolled back for 1.8.4 or for a soon-to-follow 1.8.5 to  
> put 1.8 back on track. If it is not the general consensus, I'd like  
> to put this on the table for discussion.

I agree 100%.  I too am disappointed with the change.

James Edward Gray II