making Ruby 1.9 default

[Steve Wills]

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Hi,

Ruby 1.9.x has been the "current stable version" of Ruby (according to
ruby-lang.org) since April 21, 2009 (at least according to my reading of
the WebBack machine). It seems to me it would be really nice to get Ruby
1.9 as the default version by 9.0. Does that seem reasonable to everyone
else? If so, I'd like to do some work towards making that happen. My
current thoughts on what a plan would be are:

* Build all ruby dependent ports - already in progress in my tinderbox
* Identify ports which don't build with RUBY_VER == 1.9
* Add the usual lines to prevent them from trying to build with RUBY_VER
== 1.9:

  .if ${RUBY_VER} == 1.9
  BROKEN= does not work with ruby 1.9
  .endif

* Try to identify ports which don't build with 1.9 which may have an
update available which will allow them to build with 1.9 and update
those. I've already got some updates for the ruby-gnome stuff ready to
commit.

* From those that remain, determine if a fix is available or attempt to
fix them.

* From those that can't be fixed, determine if they are important enough
to hold up switching the default. Some I've found have no home page,
don't seem useful enough to keep in the tree or looks as though they are
no longer maintained and will not get the changes needed to work with 1.9.

* Request -exp run with RUBY_DEFAULT_VER?= 1.9 and perhaps repeat the
process if anything surprising is found.

Am I crazy? Barking up the wrong tree, etc? Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve
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