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diff --git a/metadata/news/2014-03-16-ruby-1.8-removal/2014-03-16-ruby-1.8-removal.en.txt b/metadata/news/2014-03-16-ruby-1.8-removal/2014-03-16-ruby-1.8-removal.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..11017ab2b1c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2014-03-16-ruby-1.8-removal/2014-03-16-ruby-1.8-removal.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Title: Ruby 1.8 removal; Ruby 1.9/2.0 default +Author: Manuel Rüger <mrueg@gentoo.org> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2014-03-16 +Revision: 2 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 +Display-If-Installed: <dev-lang/ruby-1.9 + +Ruby MRI 1.8 has been retired by upstream in June 2013.[1] +We remove Ruby MRI 1.8 support from the tree now. In parallel Ruby MRI 2.0 +support will be activated in base profile's RUBY_TARGETS variable by default +in conjunction with Ruby MRI 1.9. + +If your currently eselected Ruby interpreter is ruby18, our recommendation is +to change it to ruby19. At the moment Ruby MRI 1.9 delivers the best possible +support of all Ruby interpreters in tree. + +Check the current setting via: + + eselect ruby show + +Change the current setting to Ruby MRI 1.9 via: + + eselect ruby set ruby19 + +[1] https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/06/30/we-retire-1-8-7/ |