On 18/03/09 at 15:15 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:33:18 +0100 Lucas Nussbaum > <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote: > >On 17/03/09 at 23:13 +0200, Vesa Vilhonen wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Rubygems available from the intrepid repository has so old version > > > >Rubygems release dates: > >2008-06-21 => 1.2.0 > >2008-09-25 => 1.3.0 > >2008-10-28 => 1.3.1 > > > >So, it's about as recent as all other software packages in Ubuntu > >intrepid. > > > >> that some gems won't install with it > > > >That's a problem. Rubygems developers are so bad at providing backward > >compatibility that some newer gems can't install with a version of the > >packaging system released less than a year ago. > > > >> and it has been crippled from updating itself. > > > >That's your problem :-) > > > >> 1.3.1 is the latest version available. Please let me know if I > >> can help with this. > > > >It should be possible to provide a -backports package for 1.3.1. (it's > >already available in debian experimental) > > We still have 1.2.0 for Jaunty too. Would recommend we update to 1.3.1 > for this release (is there a reason that would be relevant to Ubuntu that > 1.3.1 isn't in Unstable yet)?
I don't think there a strong reason not to upgrade to 1.3.1, but I'm not completely aware of all rubygems issues. (My relationship with rubygems is that it's maintained by a team from which I'm a member, but I don't actively maintain it.) Basically Ruby packaging in Debian is kind of stuck currently, because we need more infrastructure (similar to what python has with python-(support|central)) to deal with ruby 1.9.1 and jruby. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
