On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 09:33 +0100, Uwe Kubosch wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 07:11 +0100, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: > > I've taken over the ruby package, which basically is the first > > core-component piece of software on my relatively small list of packages. > > > > Attached is a patch that was in ruby-1.8.6, and that I rebased to > > ruby-1.8.7. Since it's a really simple patch, I wonder why it's not > > upstream. > > Please do not move the Ruby 1.8 package to 1.8.7. The consensus in the > Ruby community is that 1.8.7 introduces unnecessary incompatibilities > without really adding value. 1.8.7 is meant as a transitional package > to Ruby 1.9, but the majority of Ruby users will want to keep using Ruby > 1.8.6 until they switch directly to Ruby 1.9.1. You should focus on > maintaining Ruby 1.8.6 and Ruby 1.9.1 in parallel. Ruby 1.8.7 should be > passed over unless there is a very clear demand from Fedora users to > introduce it. ... I had something witty-yet-acerbic to respond with, but I think my presence alone in this thread may be enough :P -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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