Proposed F19 Feature: Ruby 2.0.0 - the latest stable version of Ruby, with major increases in speed and reliability

[Vít Ondruch]

Dne 17.1.2013 14:13, Kevin Fenzi napsal(a):
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:00:33 +0100
> Vít Ondruch <vondruch at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, everything needs rebuild. It needs rebuild also due to change
>> from ruby(abi) to ruby(release) we are proposing in guildelines draft
>> and which was discussed on packaging list (it would need it due to
>> change in ruby(abi) version anyway).
>>
>> Yes, we will definitely ask for side tag as soon as FESCo approves
>> this feature (and hopefully FPC discuss the changes in guidelines).
>> We will use the tag to build Ruby, all ruby dependent packages and
>> JRuby as well.
> If timing works out could this just be done at the same time as the gcc
> rebuild? ie, build gcc and then build new ruby, then mass rebuild?

It's a tempting idea, but I would still prefer side tag, since it will 
allows to do it by our pace, do testing and if something should go 
really wrong, we could easily revert (i.e. not merge the side tag).


Vít