Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:06:45 +0900 From: Koichiro Iwao <meta@FreeBSD.org> To: Antoine Brodin <antoine@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, ruby@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FLAVORS for Ruby Message-ID: <20190913090645.buutinhgh2pygb4h@icepick.vmeta.jp> In-Reply-To: <CAALwa8m3NJSckxSyrVTehx3LWxheSJXxUB=iAxr%2B1HG_2WFtfg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20190913074519.xfu3avb4ihmfzm2o@icepick.vmeta.jp> <CAALwa8m3NJSckxSyrVTehx3LWxheSJXxUB=iAxr%2B1HG_2WFtfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:00:19AM +0200, Antoine Brodin wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 9:45 AM Koichiro Iwao <meta@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to suggest introducing FLAVOR to Ruby ports. > > > > AFAIK multiple version of Ruby ports (lang/ruby??) can be installed at > > the same time. One of these ruby ports will be *default* installed as > > PREFIX/bin/ruby. In contrast of Ruby lang, rubygem ports cannot be > > installed for multiple Ruby version at the same time. > > > > I would say Ruby and rubygem ports needs FLAVORS like Python ports. > > In Python ports, the same origin py- ports can be installed for multiple > > versions such as py27, py35, py36. If the same thing can be done with > > Ruby ports, FreeBSD Ruby ports will be much improved. > > > > I would appreciate if you Ruby folks bounce some ideas off each other. > > Let me know if someone's already working on FLAVORS on Ruby. Is there > > something that I can help you with? > > Please no. I don't see valid reasons. Why? I don't see invalid reasons. Had Ruby FLAVORS already denied in the past? What's the difference between Rython and Ruby? py- ports can be installed for py35 and py36 at the same time. Why not for Ruby? I'm just brainstorming Ruby FLAVORS. Both positive opinions and negative opinions are welcome. -- meta <meta@FreeBSD.org>
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