From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-01-22T00:00:04+09:00
Subject: Re: FreeRIDE - Way too many warnings

Jonathan Allen wrote:
> Timothy Hunter wrote:
>   
>> Jonathan Allen wrote:
>>     
>>> Anyone else want to pick up this thread. Maybe tell me how and where to 
>>> submit bug reports? Or do you guys not do that?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Please accept my apologies, on behalf of the Ruby community, for your
>> reception on this mailing list. Normally we are quite civilized and
>> supportive of new Rubyists.
>>
>> You don't have to report this problem. It is well-known. Search the
>> Google archives for earlier discussions if you're interested. I believe
>> this bug report
>> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5701&group_id=426&atid=1698
>> addresses the problem.
>>
>> Welcome to Ruby!
>>     
>
> Thanks, I really appreciate that. It is so hard to find ones way around 
> a new community, especially when you run into problems right from the 
> start.
>
> Do you know if anyone has of list of which components are still 
> supported and which are not?
>
> If I'm ever going to use Ruby in production, knowing what stuff has 
> already reached end of life is vital. And apparently I cannot blindly 
> trust the main Ruby distribution to be up to date.
>
> Jonathan
>
>   
To the best of my knowledge all the components in the 1.8.5 one-click 
installer are completely supported. The problem you've encountered is 
known. Apparently it is currently considered as a problem in Ruby 
itself, not FreeRIDE. I see from the bug report that it is currently 
assigned to Ruby's inventor, Matz.

Typically the one-click installer goes through many pre-release versions 
before the final. When it is next released you'll have plenty of 
opportunity to test the components and offer feedback. Instead of blind 
trust you'll have your own hands-on evaluation, and the rest of the 
community will benefit from your work.