From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-02-12T06:01:52+09:00 Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond --0016364585fc6f581e0462aaee05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Gregory Brown wrote: > I am setting up two threads in the hopes that we can see names > attached to opinions about the decision to break backwards > compatibility between Ruby 1.8.6 and Ruby 1.8.7+ > This one is for those who wish that Ruby 1.8 would go *back* to being > 1.8.6 compatible in Ruby 1.8.8. If you agree with this, share your > thoughts or at least a simple '+1'. If you disagree, please find the > other thread titled 'If you are happy with the direction of Ruby > 1.8.7, respond'. If you are in the middle, I don't know what you > should do... write two posts? > > My goal is to survey ruby-talk so that the core Ruby team has a chance > to see what people really want. I'm curious to see if this is as > one-sided as I think it is. > > +1024! Others have pointed out the folly of having a teeny version number change carry API breaking changes. Ruby 1.8.7 is NOT compatible with Ruby 1.8.6. On an aside do any of the OS X users know if there's a way in Macports to pin the version number of a package? The whole Ruby 1.8.7 thing has made me very paranoid of doing an errant port upgrade. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale --0016364585fc6f581e0462aaee05--