Fwd: Re: ruby 1.8.7.x for rawhide

[Jim Meyering]

David Lutterkort wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:09 -0400, Mohammed Morsi wrote:
>> I could be wrong, but I don't think the search path order matters so
>> much here, since what goes into each of these dirs is pretty well
>> defined and disparate. So long as all the required paths are there,
>> whatever required modules will be loaded correctly.
>>
>> If I'm wrong about this, someone please correct me. If I am, I believe
>> this can be easily fixed by changing the order which they are pushed
>> onto the include path in the ruby-1.8.7-lib-paths patch
>
> Please be very careful with any changes to the search path - while we
> _think_ we know where people put stuff, changing the order in which
> directories will be searched can break people's applications in very
> subtle ways.
>
> Also, please do not add directories to the search path - if we want
> stuff like /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8.7 on the search path, we also
> need to explain in the packaging guidelines what should and should not
> go there. That's a longer conversation.
>
> For this update, I'd much prefer if we'd keep the search path exactly
> the same as it was in 1.8.6.

This makes me think there is no compelling demand for the additional
search path directories or for a change in ordering.
Thus, I agree wholeheartedly.