From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2006-01-14T00:23:27+09:00
Subject: [OT] Calling all Freebsders.

Quick heads up for any FreeBSD users on list - the
FreeBSD ports tree is being bumped to include 1.8.4
Any Day Now (it's been 1.8.2 for ages).

See below if you fancy a preview, the URL has patches you
can apply to your ports tree to try it out.


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
> > Date: 12 January 2006 00:48:22 GMT
> > To: ports@FreeBSD.org
> > Cc: alexander@wittig.name
> > Subject: [BOO!] Ruby 1.8.4 testers wanted
> > Reply-To: pav@FreeBSD.org
> >
> > Hi people,
> >
> > Alexander Wittig provided us with patches to upgrade our Ruby to
> > 1.8.4.
> >
> > Because previous attempt to upgrade to 1.8.3 ended in flames, I want
> > you, people who run ruby apps, to test the patches before I commit
> > them.
> > Find the patches at
> >
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~pav/ruby/
> >
> > Please test them as much as possible.
> >
> > If I don't hear any screaming, they'll hit the tree during weekend.
> >
> > In 1.8.4, there is a different behaviour of site-install target from
> > mkmf generated Makefiles. Most obvious change is that .h files are no
> > longer installed in modules. I hacked mkmf.rb to include install;
> > target
> > in site-install: target as it was in 1.8.2. Any Ruby wizard to tell me
> > how to fix this properly?
> >
> > I'm interested in which ports broke with 1.8.3 back last fall, so I
> > could check them out before committing? Anyone still remember? Kris?
> >
> > Once this is done, I'd like to start phasing out ruby16. Anyone
> > disagree?



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