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From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
Subject: Re: supporting EOL ruby in Guix
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:52:04 +0100
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To: Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
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I think we can now drop the unsupported versions. I was using 1.8
until quite recently ;). These packages can be put into channels for
those who need that.

Pj.

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 03:57:29AM +0800, Alex Vong wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I find out that ruby 1.8, 2.1 and 2.2 are all EOL. Do we still intend to
> support them (say because they are needed in web development)? If so, I
> think we should provide security updates.
> 
> I have look into Debian LTS support[0]. For 1.8, the LTS support has
> gone as Debian old old stable[1] is no longer supported since May. For
> 2.1, it will be supported til 2020 through old stable LTS
> support[2]. For 2.2, the package was removed when 2.3 was out[3].
> 
> What should we do?
> 
> [0]: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
> [1]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ruby1.8
> [2]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ruby2.1
> [3]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ruby2.2
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex