From: "Jon A. Lambert" Date: 2005-10-30T04:20:47+09:00 Subject: Re: FACETS - Gem installation errors Trans wrote: > Austin Ziegler wrote: >> On 10/28/05, Trans wrote: >>> Hmph. I'm running Linux with Ruby 1.8.3 no problems. So it's either >>> something to do with windows or something to do with the new >>> version of Ruby. Can anyone else confirm installation on a 1.8.3 >>> Windows system or on a 1.8.2 Linux system? >> >> There is no 1.8.3. Windows install kit, and there probably won't be >> one. You need to re-release your gems generated on 1.8.2 because of a >> fatal YAML error introduced in 1.8.3. > > Really? Why aren't we getting this fixed and getting a bumped 1.8.3-1 > or whatever instead of reverting to 1.8.2? I don't meant to be an ass > of anything but this seesm backwards. > Why are we not testing our software on Ruby 1.8.2 or any other platform? Why are we using bizarre release numbers in Gems now? Why are we changing the interface and name of the software every release? Why are we deprecating release software that works with alpha or beta? Not to be an ass or anything but I solved my problem by moving the original authors' code I was using out of the collection and into my vendor lib. Thanks -- J Lambert