From: Lars Olsson <lasso@...>
Date: 2010-08-11T19:20:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Determining whether the running ruby is outdated?

On 10 Aug, 21:16, Roger Pack <rogerpack2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lars Olsson wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm writing a small utility that shows information on the currently
> > running ruby environment. One part of the utility checks whether any
> > gems is outdated, but I also want to check if the ruby interpreter
> > itself is outdated. Getting the currently installed version is simple,
> > but getting a list of released ruby versions seems a bit trickier. I'm
> > mainly interested in *stable* source versions, but I don't mind if my
> > utility lists development and rc versions as well.
> > Any suggestions on how to solve this?
>
> Possibly parse this list:
>
> http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/
>
> et al.
> -r
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Thanks guys! I was hoping there was a simpler method than parsing
directory listings (say, like a text file) but if that's the way to go
then I'll just have to dig in.

/lasso