Package: ruby1.8 Version: 1.8.7.72-1 Severity: normal
Hello I find the fact that the only rubies available in Lenny are 1.8.7 and 1.9 somewhat frustrating. The code I write and debug on 1.8.7 regularly fails on other 1.8 rubies, and the other way around. The problem is that ruby 1.8.7 adds new methods which are not available in earlier 1.8 and changes the return types of some core methods (1.9 backports). Since people interested in these features can use 1.9 on debian I do not see any reason for including 1.8.7. On the other hand, real ruby1.8 (without incompatible 1.9 backports) would be very helpful. Thanks Michal -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-rc6-minimacmacmini (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ruby1.8 depends on: ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libruby1.8 1.8.7.72-1 Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1. ruby1.8 recommends no packages. Versions of packages ruby1.8 suggests: ii rdoc1.8 1.8.7.72-1 Generate documentation from Ruby s ii ri1.8 1.8.7.72-1 Ruby Interactive reference (for Ru pn ruby1.8-examples <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
