Ruby Versions List - Launch and Retire dates

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1

Hi all,

I don't know if I haven't searched enough, but I couldn't easily find
a list with an easy visualization of the current "status" of the main
Ruby versions.

So, I've done a list in a gist for myself.

(Sharing the twitter link so I could add some more Ruby related contacts on it).

Abinoam Jr.
@abinoamjr_en

2

Hi abinoam, here one of GitHub repo which actively maintained

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On Saturday, April 11, 2015, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I don't know if I haven't searched enough, but I couldn't easily find
a list with an easy visualization of the current "status" of the main
Ruby versions.

So, I've done a list in a gist for myself.

https://twitter.com/abinoamjr_en/status/586386928917819394

(Sharing the twitter link so I could add some more Ruby related contacts
on it).

Abinoam Jr.
@abinoamjr_en

--

*​Best regards*,​

Ferdinand Rosario A
​Mobile : +91 8939939022
Twitter : @Ferdy_Rosario
Skype : ferdinand.rosario
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdinandrosario
GitHub : ferdinandrosario (Ferdy) · GitHub

3

Hi Ferdinand Rosario,

Thank you very much for the link.
But there's no "release date" or "end of life date" on it, is there?

I've made the list thinking more about knowing how "old" and how "new"
a major version is. Not an "extensive" list of them. Just the
"tip/last" and the "root" of the major versions. (2.2 and 2.2.1 for
example).

Probably my motivation was some friends getting confused with a lot of
ruby versions and having a hard time to know that insisting in
supporting 1.8.7 compatibility would be a waste of time/resources in
__most of__ the situations. So, having a fast look at the list you
could know that 1.9 series is retired and even the "recent" 2.0 is
already with its life days ending.

It's easy to know theses things for someone inside the Ruby community
that is following along the releases. But I think is not so clear to
outsiders.

Thank you for the feedback anyway,
Abinoam Jr.

···

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Ferdinand Rosario <ferdinandrosario@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi abinoam, here one of GitHub repo which actively maintained
https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-versions

On Saturday, April 11, 2015, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I don't know if I haven't searched enough, but I couldn't easily find
a list with an easy visualization of the current "status" of the main
Ruby versions.

So, I've done a list in a gist for myself.

https://twitter.com/abinoamjr_en/status/586386928917819394

(Sharing the twitter link so I could add some more Ruby related contacts
on it).

Abinoam Jr.
@abinoamjr_en

--

Best regards,

Ferdinand Rosario A
Mobile : +91 8939939022
Twitter : @Ferdy_Rosario
Skype : ferdinand.rosario
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdinandrosario
GitHub : ferdinandrosario (Ferdy) · GitHub

4

Hi Abinoam, your idea sounds great but my suggestion is, instead of have a
gist please fork and add your new file there to make the repo more useful
and avoid duplicate.

It will be more useful for everyone.

*​Best regards*,​

Ferdinand Rosario A
​Mobile : +91 8939939022
Twitter : @Ferdy_Rosario
Skype : ferdinand.rosario
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdinandrosario
GitHub : https://github.com/ferdinandrosario

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On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Ferdinand Rosario,

Thank you very much for the link.
But there's no "release date" or "end of life date" on it, is there?

I've made the list thinking more about knowing how "old" and how "new"
a major version is. Not an "extensive" list of them. Just the
"tip/last" and the "root" of the major versions. (2.2 and 2.2.1 for
example).

Probably my motivation was some friends getting confused with a lot of
ruby versions and having a hard time to know that insisting in
supporting 1.8.7 compatibility would be a waste of time/resources in
__most of__ the situations. So, having a fast look at the list you
could know that 1.9 series is retired and even the "recent" 2.0 is
already with its life days ending.

It's easy to know theses things for someone inside the Ruby community
that is following along the releases. But I think is not so clear to
outsiders.

Thank you for the feedback anyway,
Abinoam Jr.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Ferdinand Rosario > <ferdinandrosario@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi abinoam, here one of GitHub repo which actively maintained
> GitHub - postmodern/ruby-versions: A common repository of ruby version metadata
>
>
> On Saturday, April 11, 2015, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't know if I haven't searched enough, but I couldn't easily find
>> a list with an easy visualization of the current "status" of the main
>> Ruby versions.
>>
>> So, I've done a list in a gist for myself.
>>
>> https://twitter.com/abinoamjr_en/status/586386928917819394
>>
>> (Sharing the twitter link so I could add some more Ruby related contacts
>> on it).
>>
>> Abinoam Jr.
>> @abinoamjr_en
>
>
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ferdinand Rosario A
> Mobile : +91 8939939022
> Twitter : @Ferdy_Rosario
> Skype : ferdinand.rosario
> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdinandrosario
> GitHub : https://github.com/ferdinandrosario
>

5

Hi Ferdinand,

Thanks for clarifying it.
I'll try to see how to add release date information to the repo you
pointed to me.

Best regards,
Abinoam Jr.

···

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Ferdinand Rosario <ferdinandrosario@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Abinoam, your idea sounds great but my suggestion is, instead of have a
gist please fork and add your new file there to make the repo more useful
and avoid duplicate.

It will be more useful for everyone.

Best regards,

Ferdinand Rosario A
Mobile : +91 8939939022
Twitter : @Ferdy_Rosario
Skype : ferdinand.rosario
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdinandrosario
GitHub : ferdinandrosario (Ferdy) · GitHub

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Ferdinand Rosario,

Thank you very much for the link.
But there's no "release date" or "end of life date" on it, is there?

I've made the list thinking more about knowing how "old" and how "new"
a major version is. Not an "extensive" list of them. Just the
"tip/last" and the "root" of the major versions. (2.2 and 2.2.1 for
example).

Probably my motivation was some friends getting confused with a lot of
ruby versions and having a hard time to know that insisting in
supporting 1.8.7 compatibility would be a waste of time/resources in
__most of__ the situations. So, having a fast look at the list you
could know that 1.9 series is retired and even the "recent" 2.0 is
already with its life days ending.

It's easy to know theses things for someone inside the Ruby community
that is following along the releases. But I think is not so clear to
outsiders.

Thank you for the feedback anyway,
Abinoam Jr.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Ferdinand Rosario >> <ferdinandrosario@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi abinoam, here one of GitHub repo which actively maintained
> GitHub - postmodern/ruby-versions: A common repository of ruby version metadata
>
>
> On Saturday, April 11, 2015, Abinoam Jr. <abinoam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't know if I haven't searched enough, but I couldn't easily find
>> a list with an easy visualization of the current "status" of the main
>> Ruby versions.
>>
>> So, I've done a list in a gist for myself.
>>
>> https://twitter.com/abinoamjr_en/status/586386928917819394
>>
>> (Sharing the twitter link so I could add some more Ruby related
>> contacts
>> on it).
>>
>> Abinoam Jr.
>> @abinoamjr_en
>
>
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ferdinand Rosario A
> Mobile : +91 8939939022
> Twitter : @Ferdy_Rosario
> Skype : ferdinand.rosario
> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdinandrosario
> GitHub : ferdinandrosario (Ferdy) · GitHub
>