From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-11-29T12:11:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26857] Re: Idea for minor versions of Ruby

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bil Kleb <W.L.Kleb@LaRC.NASA.Gov>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:13 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:26854] Re: Idea for minor versions of Ruby


> "Hal E. Fulton" wrote:
> > 
> > Specifically, suppose we go from version 1.7.x
> > to 1.7.y -- for each feature or change, I'd want to
> > see a test that FAILED for the earlier version and
> > PASSED for the later one.
> > 
> > Comments, anyone? 
> 
> Sounds like the plan behind aegis code control:
> 
>  http://aegis.sourceforge.net/

That looks interesting, though perhaps with a steep
learning curve.

I'm thinking of something simple and practical that
will help to test incremental changes in Ruby and
also help document them. 

That is, anyone who doesn't understand a change 
can go look at the code that tests it.

Hal