FLAVORS for Ruby

[Koichiro Iwao]

On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 10:52:45AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> The issue is that FLAVORS has added a substantial (and painful) complexity to python ports and python.mk. It means that a number of people have had to be hyper-vigilant and watch commits closely to catch errors introduced when people utilize the paradigm incorrectly. It’s a bitter pill, but it’s accepted because the use-case for multiple concurrent python versions is essential.
> 
> As Antoine said, inconsistency isn’t a strong enough use case. Which brings us back to the original question: is there a specific use-case for concurrent ruby that makes the substantial increase in cognitive load, complexity, and monitoring worth it?

PHP also have FLAVORS. What about PHP? Multiple concurrent PHP versions
is essential?

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