From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T10:11:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Differences between 1.8.2 and 1.8.4

On 12/14/05, Lou Vanek <vanek@acd.net> wrote:
> Short answer:
>    I don't think there have been any major changes, but many, many small changes,
>    most notably to security.
>
> right now 1.8.4 feels as stable as 1.8.3, so if security is a main concern for you
> and you are still running 1.8.2 then switching right now to "stable_snapshot"
> at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020102.html will probably work for you. But
> it requires compiling.
>
> On the other hand, if you can wait till Christmas the official stable version
> will be available, probably with a few precompiled binaries.
>
> Changelog can be found here,
>    http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ChangeLog?rev=1.2673.2.1437;content-type=text%2Fplain

I don't really care too much about security, mainly bugs and speed.


>
>
> Joe Van Dyk wrote:
>
> > Is there any place that summarizes the major differences between Ruby
> > 1.8.2 and Ruby 1.8.4?
> >
> > I've got Ruby 1.8.2 installed in a bunch of places and am wondering if
> > it's worth it to upgrade.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> >
> >
>
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