From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T08:47:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Oniguruma -- when?

On 12/7/05, Phil Tomson <ptkwt@aracnet.com> wrote:
> In article <218B55DD-37A0-4B3E-A4E8-AEABD515EA38@grayproductions.net>,
> James Edward Gray II  <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> >On Dec 7, 2005, at 12:07 PM, rubyhacker@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> When does Oniguruma go into Ruby? I thought it
> >> was "very soon" -- perhaps "already" -- but someone
> >> said something to make me think it was "later."
> >
> >I believe the official story is Ruby 2.0.
> >
> >This is because Matz is concerned about compatibility issues, I
> >think.  I believe he even offered to consider it sooner, if we could
> >put together a test suite that showed it wouldn't be too devastating
> >to legacy scripts.  (That's all from memory.  I could be wrong!)
> >
> >This is sad, because it really is a heck of a library and I would
> >love to see it become the norm as soon as possible.
> >
> >James Edward Gray II
> >
>
> I believe you can use oniguruma now in 1.8.3 if you compile-in the support for
> the library.  I think instructions have been posted in the past.

I think that's the right approach.  1.8.x releases shouldn't break
compatibility if possible.