Thomas E Enebo wrote:
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter
<[email protected]> wrote:
I just heard from David Hansson that they're going to start recommending
Ruby 1.8.7 as the default for Rails. I'm not sure if that means they're
going to start using 1.8.7 features or not, but this may be the push needed
to make 1.8.7 a bit more standard.
I don't think we need to leap on 1.8.7 stuff just yet, but it's something to
keep in mind. Largely I think we'll be able to just use 1.9 impls of stuff,
modulo behavioral differences where appropriate, so I don't expect it's
going to be a huge effort.
I'm also not sure if we want to completely move to 1.8.7 and drop 1.8.6, or
if we want to add another compatibility mode. Both ways have merit...
Indeed. The 1.8.x situation is very confusing. I even saw that 1.8.8
will come out. So:
1. distros do not keep score and are shipping latest versions. So new
users start with 1.8.7 now
2. most (non-new) people are still using 1.8.6 pl whatever
3. 1.8.8 is on the horizon
4. 1.9.1 is out
We have 2 and 4 covered. We could add a --1.8.7 or something, but
this seems like a slippery slope.
Not sure I have have formed an opinion yet. ick.
-Tom
Slippery slope is the right word. I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole
1.8.7 situation. It really should have been a major number release (i.e.
1.10.0). It changes the semantics of so much stuff. Because of that I
still think we need a way of handling 1.8.7 separately. But the question
is whether it is worth to add it at all?
I definitely do not want us to drop 1.8.6-support.
Cheers
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