From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2008-12-04T03:16:30+09:00
Subject: Re: time to back peddle? (Ruby 1.8.7)

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Though support was dropped for Ruby <= 1.8.5, 1.8.6 is still
>> officially supported, AFAIK.
>
> It is indeed officially supported but, judging from the commit logs,
> 1.8.7 and 1.9 get WAY more attention.  If that's a factor in deciding or
> not :) ].

As they should.  The fact that Ruby 1.8.6 is not changing much is a feature.
Ruby 1.9.1 is being stabilized for its first production ready release,
so it's no surprise that it is active.

But why *should* Ruby 1.8.7 be extensively patched?  One can only hope
it is to remove all of the 1.8.7-isms and bring it back to
compatibility with Ruby 1.8. :)

-greg

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