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Feature #4666

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set ruby compatibility version to 1.9.3 in trunk

Added by lucas (Lucas Nussbaum) almost 13 years ago. Updated over 12 years ago.

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[ruby-core:36108]

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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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