Re: Remove of Ruby 1.9.2 support

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On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:57:02 +0900, David Holland 
<dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:49:02AM +0900, Takahiro Kambe wrote:
>  > > Shouldn't this be done *after* branching rather than before?
>  > Then, it would be difficult to maintain pkgsrc's branch.
>
> Only if there's any actual maintenance that needs to be done. Leaving
> an old package alive on the branch (and ignoring it there) doesn't
> cost any more than removing it, and it's better for people who want
> some time to migrate or finish migrating.

Before pkgsrc-2012Q1, default ruby was switched to 1.9.3.
I feel that a half year is sufficient for migration.

> Also theoretically we're supposed to announce package removals one
> full quarterly branch ahead of actually doing them.

For this case, ruby-1.9.2 v.s. 1.9.3, it is micro version differ.
PR 39890?

> however, as far as I'm concerned it's ultimately up to you; if it
> weren't for all the work you do we probably wouldn't have ruby
> packages...


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