Outdated page(s) on ruby-lang.org?

[Hal Fulton]

A guy I (barely) know just tried to download Ruby
and found this page:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/download.html

It claims that 1.6.8 is stable.

Not sure how he got to that page.

Maybe someone should do some fixing up?

Just FYI.

Cheers,
Hal

 

[Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT]

Hi!

* Hal Fulton; 2003-10-19, 19:32 UTC:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/download.html

It claims that 1.6.8 is stable.

1.8 may be a newer stable version but the claim is right.

Please take notice of signature! / Bitte Signature beachten!

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt

 

[James Britt]

Hi!

* Hal Fulton; 2003-10-19, 19:32 UTC:



1.8 may be a newer stable version but the claim is right.

The claim is not that 1.6.8 is *a* stable version, but *the* stable
version, and that 1.8.0 is only in preview.

The link for 1.8 goes to ruby-1.8.0-preview1.tar.gz, not
ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz. You have to follow the mirror links to see that
there is a later version of 1.8.0


James

 

[Yukihiro Matsumoto]

Hi,

In message "Re: Outdated page(s) on ruby-lang.org?"

|> 1.8 may be a newer stable version but the claim is right.
|
|The claim is not that 1.6.8 is *a* stable version, but *the* stable
|version, and that 1.8.0 is only in preview.
|
|The link for 1.8 goes to ruby-1.8.0-preview1.tar.gz, not
|ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz. You have to follow the mirror links to see that
|there is a later version of 1.8.0

Since all www-admins are Japanese, English pages tend to be slow to be
updated. We are in the process of assigning English speaking editors.

matz.

 

[Sean O'Dell]

Hi,

In message "Re: Outdated page(s) on ruby-lang.org?"

|> 1.8 may be a newer stable version but the claim is right.
|
|The claim is not that 1.6.8 is *a* stable version, but *the* stable
|version, and that 1.8.0 is only in preview.
|
|The link for 1.8 goes to ruby-1.8.0-preview1.tar.gz, not
|ruby-1.8.0.tar.gz. You have to follow the mirror links to see that
|there is a later version of 1.8.0

Since all www-admins are Japanese, English pages tend to be slow to be
updated. We are in the process of assigning English speaking editors.

Matz, how "alive" is Ruby there in Japan? I have always felt that it's
perfectly fine if Ruby is slow to gain ground here, so long as it's growing
very healthy *somewhere* in the world. How is it faring over there?

Sean O'Dell

 

[Yukihiro Matsumoto]

Hi,

In message "Re: Outdated page(s) on ruby-lang.org?"

|Matz, how "alive" is Ruby there in Japan? I have always felt that it's
|perfectly fine if Ruby is slow to gain ground here, so long as it's growing
|very healthy *somewhere* in the world. How is it faring over there?

How do I measure "alive"-ness?

I see many books related with Ruby here in Japan (36? 38? I'm not
sure). I admit there are more books about Java and PHP, but still we
outnumber Python books. We see a lot of web servers running Ruby
application, especially tDiary, which is one of Ruby's killer
applications.

I have been asked for presentation here and there all over the world.
Even too many times so that often I had to say no. I think Ruby is
"alive" pretty well.

Regarding "success", I am paid for Ruby development itself, where
Larry and Guide are not. This is most important for me.

matz.

 

[Sean O'Dell]

Hi,

In message "Re: Outdated page(s) on ruby-lang.org?"

|Matz, how "alive" is Ruby there in Japan? I have always felt that it's
|perfectly fine if Ruby is slow to gain ground here, so long as it's
| growing very healthy *somewhere* in the world. How is it faring over
| there?

How do I measure "alive"-ness?

I see many books related with Ruby here in Japan (36? 38? I'm not
sure). I admit there are more books about Java and PHP, but still we
outnumber Python books. We see a lot of web servers running Ruby
application, especially tDiary, which is one of Ruby's killer
applications.

I have been asked for presentation here and there all over the world.
Even too many times so that often I had to say no. I think Ruby is
"alive" pretty well.

Regarding "success", I am paid for Ruby development itself, where
Larry and Guide are not. This is most important for me.

That's really encouraging! Thanks for that insight.

There will be more applications forthcoming, I'm sure. Even with the huge
commercial push for Python here in the U.S., I see, without fail, Ruby is a
honeypot for developers. I think, even if it takes 20 years, Ruby will
eventually come out on top.

Sean O'Dell