From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2009-10-02T05:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I use nitpick

Paul Smith wrote:
>> After using gem install to load
>> the gem and all the dependencies I found out that my current level of Ruby
>> was insufficient to run the program.  So I updated Ruby to the latest
>> version
> 
> No, you didn't.  You update an older stable version of Ruby for a
> cutting edge development release.  I don't think through this whole
> thread that you've understood that point.
> 
> Ruby 1.8.7 is the most up to date stable version.
> 
Quoting from www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads: Ruby 1.9.1-p243 (md5: 
515bfd965814e718c0943abf3dde5494) Stable Version (recommended).  This is 
the entry for Source code.
Quoting from the same source: Ruby 1.9.1-p129 Binary (md5: 
d9a014199d5d52e9fd170704d2c318e6) Stable version (recommended).  This is 
for the Ruby on Windows downloads.
Where on this page does it say that not to use the 1.9.1 version?  Where 
does it say that using the latest version will break a lot of older code?
When I download a program I try to get the latest version and patches 
unless there is a warning that it is only for certain environments. 
Having been programming for over 35 years this is the first time that I 
have had a new version of a language break a lot of existing code.
If the RubyForge site specified which versions of Ruby a gem will work 
with it may have prevented me from "downgrading" to the latest version.

> Ruby 1.9 is a development version, a technology preview, a cutting
> edge look at the future of Ruby.  It's not the same as Ruby 1.8, and
> it won't be.

Again, where does it say this in ruby-lang.org?

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