[DRE-maint] Bug#774643: verify_active_connections is not present in ruby-activerecord 4.1.8

[intrigeri]

intrigeri wrote (09 Feb 2015 15:02:36 GMT) :
> E.g. would it be an option to
> reintroduce the 'verify_active_connections!' method from 3.2 into
> Jessie's ActiveRecord::Base:Class? (I guess not, but if it is, then it
> would possibly be the easiest way forward.)

Another lead might be to reintroduce ruby-activerecord-3.x into
Jessie(!). Apparently it also involves getting a compatibility patch
back into ruby-arel, that was removed in the 5.0.1.20140414130214-1
upload. Before I test this: is there any upstream security support for
activerecord 3.x these days?

This option sounds crazy, and I doubt the release team will appreciate
this option, but OTOH we don't want to release with a broken Puppet,
and I'm not sure the other options are any better :(

Other ideas?

Cheers,
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intrigeri