On 04/03/11 at 14:26 +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On 03/04/2011 02:00 PM, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Le vendredi 04 mars 2011 à 11:16 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > >> === Use alternatives to switch between Ruby implementations === > >> There is a huge demand (see > >> [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548917|#548917]]) > >> for using alternatives to switch between Ruby implementations. This > >> would provide a way to mimic what RVM provides in a cleaner way, and > >> will help the Ruby community with moving to 1.9.x or other > >> implementations. > > > > I think this would be asking for a disaster. A given version of the > > distribution should provide a given version of /usr/bin/ruby. Otherwise > > you’re just going to see third-party software (and often Debian > > packages) break in horrible ways. > > Indeed. You would want to define a default version and some 'supported' > (but non-default) other versions. Again my recommendation - look at the > way how these things are handled in Python (yeah, ignore the discussions > around varoius Python helpers and so on).
That's what we plan to do: for now, ruby1.8 is the default implementation/version, and will have the highest priority in alternatives. So switching to say jruby would require manual intervention. - Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110304133101.ga5...@xanadu.blop.info
