Bottom line: flavors came into being to satisfy specific needs. Python 2 underwent substantial changes during the upgrade to python 3, to the extent that many (most) python applications would cease to function. Similarly php5 to php7. Without flavours the user-base would've been severly impacted during the upgrade transition where some fraction of their applications would fail. Flavours, though I didn't appreciate it at the time, was/is a really smart move and has saved most of us contorting our systems with different versions of the "same" software
I suppose if the ruby developers make such a substantial change to the language that applications break, then adding flavors to ruby might be worthwhile. As stated, there is substantial effort required and the need significant. And as I still have "ports" that use python2 (though most use python3), I greatly appeciate their effort. Is there a specific issue, ie breakage requiring ruby flavors? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ruby@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ruby To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ruby-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"