From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-core@...>
Date: 2005-12-19T16:26:24+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.8.x, YAML, and release management

Ryan Davis (ryand-ruby@zenspider.com) wrote:
> 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. 

Sorry about the silence, it was not intentional.  My time online has
been limited lately and I haven't been checking ruby-core.

We are beyond code freeze but Matz has said he will allow patches for
serious bugs.  If he's okay with it, it's literally a single byte patch.

I have started a test harness which will let me test backwards
compatibility between stable Ruby and my development Ruby, but I haven't
made a whole lot of progress on it in the last many weeks.  I know the
YAML module still needs much help overall and I'm very glad for the
refactoring and testing that matz, nobu, ocean, guy, akr and many others
have given.  My aging C skills wane.

Kaput,

_why