* Jordi Massaguer Pla <[email protected]> [Jan 22. 2014 13:52]: > > On 01/22/2014 01:23 PM, Klaus Kaempf wrote: > >Hi, > > > >going forward, Ruby becomes more important in the openSUSE and SLES > >codebase. This is why Coolo asked me to come up with a new Ruby > >packaging scheme. Read on to learn about my current thinking in this > >regard. > > > >What are the goals ? > > > >1. revert the ruby, rubyXY, and ruby-common split > > Initially done to allow multiple Ruby versions in parallel, it > > wasn't really used and developers use rvm or rbenv to achieve the > > same effect. > > From a buildservice perspective, this split cause more headaches > > than it provided value. > > in studio product we have ruby 1.8 and ruby 1.9 at the same time > because the first one is a requirement from WebYast and the second > one from studio itself. I am not saying this is good or desirable, > but please take in mind this kind of situation.
The new packaging scheme will be applied from Ruby-2.1 on forward. It should not affect previous distributions. Otoh, having a single Ruby version will prevent such crazy setups as above in the future ;-) Klaus -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
