From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2008-11-16T13:27:13+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Ruby Installer project stopped?


On Nov 15, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Hugh Sasse wrote:

> Can I suggest you make more "noise" about this, please?  It needs to
> get out on the Rubyforge site, on the Wiki, and elsewhere.  This is
> a serious problem affecting open source and community based software,
> and those who object to this model of development have a strong case
> when they speak of "abandonware".

One simple suggestion. Change RubyGems in 1.9 so the default value for  
required_ruby_version is '< 1.9'

Then, existing gems that don't have an explicit value for this (which  
is probably 99% of them) will not even try to load on 1.9. Their  
maintainers can at some point test them with 1.9 and then add the  
required_ruby_version line which will make them work again (with both  
1.8 and 1.9).

This will also help rubyforge—it can display a 1.9 icon next to gems  
that have the appropriate Ruby version set, allowing both users and  
maintainers to see what's what.


Dave