[DRE-maint] Bug#723986: gem2deb: remove checks for `require "rubygems"`

Antonio Terceiro terceiro at debian.org
Sat Sep 21 21:53:27 UTC 2013


Package: gem2deb
Version: 0.5.0
Severity: wishlist

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:34:01PM +0200, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Cédric,
> 
> * Cédric Boutillier <cedric.boutillier at gmail.com> [130918 22:14]:
> > Given that we are in the process of dropping ruby1.8 and given that
> > ruby1.9.1 and ruby2.0 load rubygems by default ¹, I was wondering if it
> > was still necessary to patch out source packages to remove the 'require
> > "rubygems"' statements (since they are no-ops with those recent versions
> > of the interpreter), at least when ruby1.8 will have disappeared from
> > the archive.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> I think patching out 'require "rubygems"' has now become
> unnecessary, and in the name of not carrying useless patches, should
> go.

Agreed.

-- 
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org>
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