From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-01-08T14:39:50+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems Beta 0.9.0.9

On Jan 7, 2007, at 21:20, Phrogz wrote:

> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> Beta version 0.9.0.9 is now available [snip]
>> = What's new since 0.9.0?
>>
>> Lots!  Many changes both big and small!  Here's an incomplete  
>> summary:
>
> Out of curiosity, what is the rationale behind your version numbering?
>
> (I've never seen a system where deprecations, changes the API, new
> features, and more warranted so tiny a numeric bump. Not a criticism,
> just a curiosity.)

I follow Jim's lead, but I may not follow too well.

(Currently, RubyGems API is so unfriendly to anybody other than  
RubyGems that people run the gem command in a subshell.  When the  
library is that unfriendly, I think its OK to change APIs and have  
weird versions.)

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Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!