Your message dated Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:42:32 -0700
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and subject line Re: apt-listbugs is written in ruby
has caused the Debian Bug report #599740,
regarding apt-listbugs: is written in ruby
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Package: apt-listbugs
Version: 0.1.3
Severity: wishlist
I know that this may sound like trolling, but I do seriously believe,
that ruby should not be used for any piece inside the Debian system.
People may choose to package some software written in ruby, but
apt-listbugs is not any piece of random software happened to be packaged
for Debian but an import piece of the system.
I've seen at least three different error messages from apt-listbugs over
the time. Today it's bug #577192. All the error messages indicate some
kind of API incompatibility.
As Lukas Nussbaum points out in his blog, ruby has a horrible way of
breaking it's API even with minor updates. This does not seem to be a
good foundation to build infrastructur tools on.
Wouldn't you outcry in pure horror, if somebody introduced another apt
tool written in PHP?
Please keep this bug open for at least some months to collect thoughts
on this subject.
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(Resending again --- third time's the charm? Sorry for the sloppiness.)
Thomas Koch wrote:
> Control: done
>
> Since I opened it, I can also close it.
Ok, thanks.
> However apt-listbugs annoyed me a few times with errors coming from some ruby
> api changes breaking apt-listbugs.
Reports about specific issues are always welcome.
Ciao,
Jonathan
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