From: Stefan Lang <perfectly.normal.hacker@...>
Date: 2009-02-13T01:12:14+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

2009/2/12 James Coglan <jcoglan@googlemail.com>:
>>
>>
>> Important is backwards compatibility and Ruby 1.8.7
>> is backwards compatible. Nobody so far has shown
>> where 1.8.7 is not backwards compatible.
>
>
>
> See my earlier demonstration:
>
> git clone git://github.com/jcoglan/packr.git packr
> cd packr
> git co -b 3.1 origin/3.1
> git co 4cc307
> rake multi
>
> No monkey-patching on my part, just existing 1.8.6 behaviour that changed in
> 1.8.7. I'm all for additions, as long as established behaviour is stable.
> Additions should not break existing code if you're not monkey patching.

It would be helpful to see exactly what fails.

Stefan