Hello Lucas, Thank you for that answer. I can now see there is a logical reason for the numbering. May I suggest adding a line to the package description stating simply "This is the Ruby version compatible with Ruby 1.9.1" or something similar to clarify this for posterity. It would be very useful for someone who wants to maintain a clean server with Ruby but who does not necessarily work with Ruby development close enough to know the logic behind the package names.
Again thanks for the answer. As far as I'm concerned, you may close the bug. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote: > On 26/10/10 at 22:05 -0500, Tom wrote: >> Package: ruby1.9.1 >> Version: 1.9.2.0-1 >> >> So Ruby 1.9.2 is now in the Debian package ruby1.9.1. In the mean time >> there is a Debian package named ruby1.9 that seems to be abandoned. >> For the Ruby 1.8 branch there is a package called ruby1.8 (aka ruby) >> which always has the latest 1.8.x version of Ruby. >> >> What is the logic of having a ruby1.9 package and a ruby1.9.1 package? >> What is the logic of packaging Ruby 1.9.2 in ruby1.9.1? >> Why not just use ruby1.9 for the latest Ruby 1.9.x release? >> What will the package name be for Ruby 1.9.3, 1.9.4, 1.9.5, etc? Are >> those going to have their own packages or are they also going to be in >> 1.9.1? >> >> I have searched the web for an answer without any luck. I'm sure many >> people would like to understand the logic of future packaging or at >> least the logic of how things got to be where they are today. > > This is partially answered in http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=566 > > In ruby1.9.1, "1.9.1" is the ruby compatibility version. You can see it > as the SONAME, even if I'm not completely sure whether it matches the > definition of SONAME exactly. (I don't think that anybody knows, really > ;) > > Ruby 1.9.3 will be packaged as ruby1.9.1 if 1.9.3 stays compatible with > 1.9.1 (which is the case for 1.9.2). And as ruby1.9.3 if not (which > would require a painful migration in Debian, like the ruby1.9 -> > ruby1.9.1 one) > > ruby1.9 isn't abandonned: it was tracking the 1.9.0 branch in lenny. And > it won't be part of squeeze. > > Can I close this bug? > > - Lucas > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
