From: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2009-02-13T16:16:52+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are unhappy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

On 12/02/2009, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <zznmeb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Gregory Brown
>  <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > We're not in disagreement here.  It's just been my experience that I
>
> > can write code on 1.8.6 without thinking about backwards
>
> > compatibility with earlier versions, for the most part.  We all know
>  > that things have changed, but not in so radical a fashion.
>  >
>
> > What I was supporting was a stable 'flavor' of Ruby 1.8, in the form
>  > of a EY supported 1.8.6.
>  >
>  > And I agree completely that this solves the issue without forcing
>  > people in one direction or the other.  If ruby-core wishes to support
>  > 1.8.7 and beyond, those who like the idea will not be left
>  > disappointed.
>
>  But that still leaves a communication gap between two groups of
>  implementers -- Engine Yard and "Ruby-Core" -- and the Linux distros
>  that are probably only going to package *one* Ruby and are expecting
>  *their* user base to have working Ruby and Rails and gems! Right now,
>  I'm running openSUSE 11.1, which ships 1.8.7. IIRC RHEL 5 / CentOS 5
>  are still shipping 1.8.5, and I have no idea what's in the two most
>  recent versions of Ubuntu, or what's going to be in Debian Lenny when

1.8.7, obviously. It's there for ages already, and lenny is frozen
since some time like end of year.

>  it releases in  the near future. In short, the distro Ruby herds need
>  to be in the loop, or the Ruby community will have a bunch of
>  implementations to choose from.

Or rather to not choose from unless you are willing to build your own.

Thanks

Michal