HI,
Before release of Ruby 1.9.2, I would like to define a new guideline
of the support levels for Ruby 1.9.2.
== Definition of the support levels
The Ruby 1.9 series have four support levels.
(1) Supported:
We ensure Ruby works fine before release. I do not release Ruby when
an issue (†1) remains on a supported platform.
A platform can be “supported” when:
- Ruby is maintained on it (†2),
- And Ruby passes almost all the test cases and RubySpec on it,
- And we have a continuous build environment for Ruby on it,
- And it have been “supported” or “best effort” for more than an year.
(2) Best effort:
We are trying making Ruby to work fine on it.
I do not release Ruby when an serious issue remains on a best effort
platform.
A platform can be “best effort” when:
- Ruby is maintained on it,
- And Ruby passes most of the test cases and RubySpec on it
(3) Perhaps:
We think Ruby works on it, however, we do not care about it.
I sometimes release Ruby even if there are issues on it.
A platform can be “perhaps” when:
- A similar platform is “supported” or “best effort”,
- Or Ruby is maintained on it
- Or a patch is recently applied for Ruby on the platform, and it is
reported that Ruby works fine on it because of the patch.
(4) Not supported:
We do not think Ruby works on it. A patch is always welcome.
- Any other systems
†1:
A “Issue” means one on the redmine (http://redmine.ruby-lang.org )
†2:
Ruby is “maintained” on a platform when:
- At least one committer always develops Ruby on the platform
- Or there is an assigned maintainer of Ruby for it
== List of candidate platforms
Candidate for the “supported” platforms of Ruby 1.9.2 is only
- Debian GNU/Linux stable version on i386
however the following two platforms can be the candidates if a
continuous build environment is available: - Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 on Intel
- FreeBSD 6 or later (amd64, IA32)
Candidates for the “best effort platforms” are:
- Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 on Intel
- FreeBSD 6 or later (amd64, IA32)
- Solaris 10 / OpenSolaris
- mswin32, mswin64, mingw32
- AIX 5.3 on PowerPC
AIX will be possibly “perhaps”. It depends on progress of development.
Candidates for the “perhaps” platforms are:
- Other versions of Debian GNU/Linux.
- or stable version on other architectures
- Other Linux distributions
- Mac OS X 10.5 on PPC
- cygwin
- Other POSIX-compatible systems
- BeOS (Haiku)
Another platform can be a candidate for “best effort” or “perhaps”.
You can add your platform to the list by satisfying the following
definition.
Let us know if you have a continuous build environment.
== Schedule
2010-06-15:
The list of candidates will be fixed.
2010-06-30:
The supported platforms and the support levels will be fixed.
Thank you,
– Yuki S. (Yugui)