On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Chad Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Luis Lavena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >  I recommend you switch to Gem::Platform::CURRENT, since mswin32 is 
> deprecated.
>  ...
>  > Trying to install it with 0.9.4 also fails and rollback to RUBY
>  > version, and not the pre-compiled one.
>
>  Why should we need to issue this warning manually?
>

This warns the user during gem building

>  Are some legacy gems not downloadable with the latest version of RubyGems?
>

No, all old and legacy gems are supported, only new gems should use
Gem::Platform::CURRENT

>  Does RubyGems issue a warning whenever a gem with a deprecated spec is
>  downloaded?  If not, should it?
>

No, it install just fine.

>  Is it wrong to break install support for legacy gems in newer RubyGems 
> versions?

yes, it is very wrong... see what happened between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5, I
blogged about it:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2007/12/19/latest-rubygems-and-rails-is-a-deadly-combo/

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