[DRE-maint] Bug#737782: ruby-switch: fails to work with ruby/1:1.9.3.1

[Antonio Terceiro]

On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 04:20:20PM +0100, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + confirmed
> Control: affects -1 + src:ruby-defaults
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Francesco Poli wrote:
> > Is there a working strategy for setting the default system-wide Ruby
> > interpreter in a clean and practical way?
> 
> No, this is no longer a supported scenario.
> 
> > Should ruby-switch be adapted to the new strategy or should it be
> > removed from Debian sid?
> 
> Indeed, ruby-switch in it's current form does not work; I'm not sure
> if there were plans for a user-wide switching strategy in
> ruby-switch, or if the recommendation will be rbenv.

`rbenv alternatives` is also currently broken, but is fixable.

To be honest I'm not sure yet about what to do with ruby-switch. Since we
don't have plans to keep multiple interpreters in the archive for long
periods of time, ruby-switch is now a little pointless.

We can support people switching to the newest interpreter before it
becomes the default by having an updated ruby-defaults in experimental
(as it is the case now).

> In any case, ruby-defaults should have had a Conflicts: ruby-switch
> (<< 0.1.0).

I think maybe Breaks is better, but yes.

-- 
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org>
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