From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@...>
Date: 2011-05-12T01:30:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:36108] [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4666][Open] set ruby compatibility version to 1.9.3 in trunk


Issue #4666 has been reported by Lucas Nussbaum.

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Bug #4666: set ruby compatibility version to 1.9.3 in trunk
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4666

Author: Lucas Nussbaum
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: 1.9.3


Hi,

(I am one of the Debian maintainers for Ruby)

The trunk branch of Ruby still has a ruby compatibility version of 1.9.1, according to include/ruby/version.h.

The confusion between ruby version and ruby compatibility version caused a lot of questions in the ruby community. Even if 1.9.3 is still binary-compatible with 1.9.1, I think that it would be easier to change its ruby compat version to 1.9.3. This would:
- enable users to co-install (1.9.1 or 1.9.2) and 1.9.3. In debian, 1.9.3 could be provided as a separate ruby1.9.3 package.
- advertise the fact that there are API changes in 1.9.3 that could break apps

Thank you,


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