From: neverland@... (Pete) Date: 2008-08-01T06:14:17+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby 1.9.0-3 is released In article <4889EAB4.9030302@yugui.jp>, Yugui (Yuki Sonoda) wrote: >Ruby 1.9.0-3 has just been released. This is a snapshot release. > >The next release is 1.9.0-4. It will be released at 25 Oct. See >[ruby-core:17644] for more details. > [....] >== Platforms >Ruby 1.9 no longer supports the following platforms because they have no >active maintainer. >* BeOS >* [.....] > >I will remove platform-specific codes for them from Ruby, unless someone >become a maintainer by 25 Sep. Well, Ruby is definitely not dead on BeOS (nor is BeOS itself...!) I have v1.8.4 fully functional on my BeOS system, and use it extensively. (Also available on BeBits -- the software distribution site for the OS.) I never pursued any later version, because 1.8.4 matches the Pickaxe book, and that was my main desire -- to have corresponding software and docs. However, it would be a shame to have BeOS support disappear from the next version, so I guess I should volunteer myself as a maintainer! (The BeOS hooks in 1.8.4 BTW were not quite sufficient. I had to further modify a few of the sources -- unfortunately long enough ago that I don't remember all the twists and turns. I will proceed to dig back...) [For those unfamiliar with BeOS -- or its current status -- I should note that it is currently being redeveloped (and renamed) as the open-source OS 'Haiku'.] -- Pete Goodeve -- -- The above email is a spam bin. If you want to contact directly, use pete goodeveca net