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[matz@ruby-lang.org: Re: Clarification of Ruby release plans? 1.8.7? 1.9.1? 2.0?]



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From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org>
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:30:41 +0900
Subject: Re: Clarification of Ruby release plans? 1.8.7? 1.9.1? 2.0?
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Hi,

In message "Re: Clarification of Ruby release plans? 1.8.7? 1.9.1? 2.0?"
    on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:04:36 +0900, Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> writes:

|Do we already know if we will have an 1.8.7 release, a snapshot of the
|1.9 tree, or even a stable release (2.0?) of the 1.9 development tree?
|
|In 2008, what will be the "official" ruby release?
|Or is all of this kept secret until christmas? ;)

In the first half of 2008, the stable release will be 1.8.  And it
will be supported for years even after 1.9 become "stable".

|I'm asking because Debian is planning to release its next stable release
|in september 2008, and it would be great to know on what we should focus
|our efforts (in the case of 2.0 stable release by then).

My guess is that it's under transition process in September 2008, so
I'd suggest having packages for both (as in sid, which I currently
use), prioritizing 1.8.

							matz.


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