neverland
7/31/2008 9:13:00 PM
In article <4889EAB4.9030302@yugui.jp>,
Yugui (Yuki Sonoda) <yugui@yugui.jp> wrote:
>Ruby 1.9.0-3 has just been released. This is a snapshot release.
>
>The next release is 1.9.0-4. It will be released at 25 Oct. See
>[ruby-core:17644] for more details.
> [....]
>== Platforms
>Ruby 1.9 no longer supports the following platforms because they have no
>active maintainer.
>* BeOS
>* [.....]
>
>I will remove platform-specific codes for them from Ruby, unless someone
>become a maintainer by 25 Sep.
Well, Ruby is definitely not dead on BeOS (nor is BeOS itself...!)
I have v1.8.4 fully functional on my BeOS system, and use it extensively.
(Also available on BeBits -- the software distribution site for the OS.)
I never pursued any later version, because 1.8.4 matches the Pickaxe book,
and that was my main desire -- to have corresponding software and docs.
However, it would be a shame to have BeOS support disappear from the
next version, so I guess I should volunteer myself as a maintainer!
(The BeOS hooks in 1.8.4 BTW were not quite sufficient. I had to further
modify a few of the sources -- unfortunately long enough ago that I don't
remember all the twists and turns. I will proceed to dig back...)
[For those unfamiliar with BeOS -- or its current status -- I should note
that it is currently being redeveloped (and renamed) as the open-source OS
'Haiku'.]
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