Request to change ruby default version to 2.5

[Stefan Esser]

Am 20.04.19 um 11:05 schrieb Matthias Fechner:
> Am 20.04.2019 um 06:59 schrieb Walter Schwarzenfeld:
>> After this change:
>>
>> |portmaster -R -r ruby-2.5|
>>
>> |
>> ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/databases/ruby-bdb
>>
>>     ===>>> This port is marked BROKEN
>>     ===>>> does not build with Ruby 2.5
>>
>>
>>     ===>>> If you are sure you can build it, remove the
>>            BROKEN line in the Makefile and try again. 
> 
> you have here several possibilities:
> 
> - keep on ruby 2.4 till portmaster is fixed, see UPDATING

What is there to fix in portmaster?

Portmaster uses the BROKEN= in the Makefile to detect ports
that will not build and warns about this situation before
trying to start the actual build ...

If there is a request to upgrade dependent ports (with -r)
then portmaster will perform checks that are possible before
starting the builds.

Without this check, the build will fail later-on, possibly
after replacing a number of ports with ones build for the
new ruby version. (Which may or may not cause problems, this
cannot be mechanically checked by portmaster.)

You can exclude ports from being rebuild with portmaster by
using "-x ruby-bdb" (for this particular case). But this may
lead to inconsistencies (will keep the version for ruby-2.4
installed, which will lead to run-time errors).

> - write a bug report upstream for ruby-bdb to get it fixed for ruby 2.5

Yes, that is the only sensible approach (IMHO), if you are
not able to fix the ruby-bdb port yourself to work with the
new ruby version.

> - fix portmaster by yourself

What do you suggest to change in portmaster?

> - use a more recent package builder like poudriere

How does this help, if a port requires ruby-bdb and that is not
yet available for the ruby version used to by the other ports?

Regards, STefan