From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44787) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gbqzt-0002VV-Ht for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:00:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gbqzq-0004lZ-DK for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:00:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60854) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gbqzq-0004lP-9p for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:00:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gbqzq-0006kB-2U for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:00:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#33846] [PATCH] gnu: ruby: Remove versions 1.8, 2.1 and 2.2. Resent-Message-ID: From: Alex Vong In-Reply-To: <20181224082249.sz7llwmjval5kba2@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Mon, 24 Dec 2018 09:22:49 +0100") References: <87lg4il99m.fsf@gmail.com> <87ftuod1ky.fsf@gmail.com> <20181224082249.sz7llwmjval5kba2@thebird.nl> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:59:38 +0800 Message-ID: <87va3hpjw5.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Pjotr Prins Cc: 33846@debbugs.gnu.org, alexvong1995@gmail.com --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pjotr Prins writes: > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 05:39:09PM +0800, Alex Vong wrote: >> Hello, >>=20 >> This patch removes all ruby versions which have reached EOL since they >> no longer receive official security updates. >>=20 >> However, please do complain if you need to use one of these >> versions. IMO, it is better to have a central place for them to receive >> (unofficial) security updates (e.g. Debian will support ruby 2.1 until >> 2020), than to roll your own security updates (which is error-prone and >> duplicate effort). >>=20 > > Thanks Alex, > > No objection. Note that we now have the channel mechanism to suport > older versions of software we don't need to maintain older versions > inside GNU Guix if there are no down stream dependencies. > OK. I have found that there is a guix-chromium channel. So I think I understand what you mean now. > Pj. Thanks, Alex --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQQwb8uPLAHCXSnTBVZh71Au9gJS8gUCXCJwCwAKCRBh71Au9gJS 8j1rAP4vyyY/fr53NpB8DgPUxemDdr/X1NY1tRM6BLwXj5L7eAEAvpXn7HKSXjyr o6mPm4xzlFUmdVgwLnuru7+98g+1Bgo= =EHs+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--