From: Rupert Voelcker <rupert@...>
Date: 2009-02-12T04:03:28+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

+1

I had a brief foray into 1.8.7 and had problems deploying code to some
servers that were running 1.8.6 so now use 1.8.6.

Will switch to 1.9.x when all the stuff I need works with it, but
until then I'd really appreciate a proper and consistent 1.8.x branch
that didn't diverge into being a halfway house.

Backported stuff isn't what I want at all - when I want 1.9.x features
(and everything works with them) I'll move to 1.9 but please leave 1.8
alone!

Rupert