From: Space Ship Traveller <space.ship.traveller@...>
Date: 2009-08-29T23:54:51+09:00
Subject: Updating gems for ruby 1.9

Hi,

This might have been discussed somewhere else already, if this is the  
case, I apologize.

I publish a significant number of gems. These were all designed for  
Ruby 1.8. Apart from syntax and functional changes, how to I ensure  
that it is possible to use these gems with Ruby 1.9?

I haven't really used Ruby 1.9 much, but when I install a gem, it  
seems like it is installed for a particular version of Ruby.. on my Mac:

	/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8

Does this mean that the gem command that you use will determine where  
the gems are installed? Is there a different gem command for 1.8 and  
for 1.9?

I use the gem server to publish my gems. Do I need to use the 1.9  
version of gem server in order to provide gems for Ruby 1.9? (I'm  
assuming I probably don't, but it would be good to clarify).

Provided everything is working okay, should I be using Ruby 1.9 gem  
server for publishing gems to both Ruby 1.8 and Ruby 1.9?

When I stand back a little bit, this seems fairly complicated - maybe  
more so than it needs to be.

Any clarification would be most welcome.

Kind regards,
Samuel