From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS15169 209.85.128.0/17 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,URIBL_BLOCKED shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Received: from mail-ig0-f177.google.com (mail-ig0-f177.google.com [209.85.213.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 199591F809 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f177.google.com with SMTP id h3so839949igd.10 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:37:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.79.197 with SMTP id l5mr37712959igx.12.1411807030046; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (cpe-71-74-113-53.neo.res.rr.com. [71.74.113.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n8sm4059166igj.9.2014.09.27.01.37.09 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:37:09 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D72BE8CE-30D4-4037-BAAB-1046A16D561A"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: dropping Ruby 1.8 support for unicorn 5? From: "Ernest W. Durbin III" In-Reply-To: <20140927083221.GA1390@dcvr.yhbt.net> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:37:02 -0400 Cc: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Message-Id: References: <20140927083221.GA1390@dcvr.yhbt.net> To: Eric Wong X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-Content-Filtered-By: PublicInbox::Filter 0.0.1 List-Id: --Apple-Mail=_D72BE8CE-30D4-4037-BAAB-1046A16D561A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 As the submitter of the referenced 1.8.6 patch *still ashamed* I can say = that I fully support a 4.x series with =93maintenance=94 level support. Since the language won=92t be changing, the 4.x series should be a very = quiet branch indeed. Onward, to greater things. -Ernest On Sep 27, 2014, at 4:32 AM, Eric Wong wrote: > We've brought this up a few times, but I suppose we might as well drop > 1.8 support in a major version change. >=20 > We may still maintain unicorn 4.x for 1.8 users indefinitely; after = all, > we only accepted a patch for 1.8.6 compatibility less than a year > ago(!)[1]. So I'll still feel a _little_ bad for dropping 1.8 :x >=20 > One big reason for this is it looks like Ruby will move towards > deprecating old Data_* macros for superior (1.9+-only) TypedData_* > macros in the next few years[2]. The theme for unicorn 5 is mostly > dropping old, unused crap anyways; and not gaining new bloat. >=20 > Worst case is we support 1.8 and avoid deprecation warnings through > the use of ifdefs in the HTTP parser, but I'm no fan of ifdefs. >=20 >=20 > [1] commit 7e9e4c740aba24096f768f578779dc1053cb8b70 > (construct listener_fds Hash in 1.8.6 compatible way) >=20 > [2] = http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=3Drevision&revision=3D477= 17 > This is due to type-checking issues like > https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10296 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_D72BE8CE-30D4-4037-BAAB-1046A16D561A--