From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-03-26T01:05:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Syck 0.51 and RubyGems 0.8.8 problem

Dmitry V. Sabanin wrote:

>It seems to me that Syck 0.51 couldn't properly instantiate class from 
>the dump, and Gems had no idea that this could happen.
>  
>
The Syck 0.51 loader is unfinished.  It is only barely usable.  The core 
is much stabler, but due to API changes, the Ruby extension has required 
a partial rewrite.  I'm very close to another release.  I'll let you 
know when I have a release candidate in CVS.

_why