Ruby-build: Please make a new release with MRI 2.5.5 included

[arpitchauhan]

Though MRI 2.5.5 has been added to master, a new release hasn't been made. It'd be very helpful if that was done. Thanks! :)

[shanoaice]

The pull request #1289 is already merged to the master branch

[arpitchauhan]

Yeah, but I meant that a new release hasn't been made after that PR was merged into master. https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases

[aitor]

Yes, please make a release. Then we can update the ruby-build brew formula and let homebrew users install the new version that fixes an important deadlock.

PS: I'll happily submit a PR for both things if that helps.

[dazuma]

Calling @hsbt

[hsbt]

I know this. But the maintain of homebrew formula is NOT our responsibility. Because the initial commit of its formula is the other person without the current maintainer.

Do not rush us.

[aitor]

I’m sorry if I’ve made you feel rushed.

I didn’t imply the formula was your responsibility, just that it is not possible to update it until a new release is made. Given the PR has been already merged I thought it may be easy to do the release.

because the initial commit is the other contributor.

I’m not sure what you mean with this. Who is “the other contributor” and which is “the initial commit”?

[hsbt]

see. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/f7cbbefb3d7f2fdaff7c17b15104b1730bf5448b

I (and the current maintainers) are surprised to request to maintain its formula from homebrew users at first. Therefore, the maintaining of homebrew formula is totally spare time work for me.

[dazuma]

@hsbt I'm sorry I was not clear. I'm not asking you to maintain the homebrew formula. I'm just asking for a release of ruby-build that includes 2.5.5 (maybe just another commit like https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/commit/2ecfe4d42a032a73ee4a8ba6b4a43de4512ffbe4). Then other people who are working on other tools can update their code to point to the new release. Thanks!

[hsbt]

I understood the 3rd party tools used a release tag. But they are also the out of our development scope same as homebrew.

In the background, I'm also a member of ruby core team. We have a plan to release other versions soon. Because the release tag is made by my convenience. I do not want to do release work every time.

[aitor]

I'm not asking you to maintain the homebrew formula. I'm just asking for a release of ruby-build that includes 2.5.5 (maybe just another commit like 2ecfe4d)

Exactly. That's why I offered to PR both changes. Now that I've inspected the repo I see that actually script/release will actually take care of almost all(?) the changes:

# - checks out the master branch
# - changes version in `bin/ruby-build` to current date
# - commits and tags the change
# - pushes master + tag to GitHub
# - opens pull request to update the Homebrew formula

In any case, please let us know if/how we can help.

I understood the 3rd party tools used a release tag. But they are also the out of our development scope same as homebrew.

Not only that but homebrew is the recommended install option for all macOS users. I understand that by specifically recommending that "3rd party tool" both in ruby-build and in rbenv a tighter relation is created between both projects.

In the background, I'm also a member of ruby core team. We have a plan to release other versions soon. Because the release tag is made by my convenience.

I see. I think access to the new version is good and moderately important given the security patches but, again, I don't to impose or rush, so please feel free to close the ticket.

[hsbt]

I don't to impose or rush, so please feel free to close the ticket.

Thank you for your understanding. I'm going to release the next version of ruby-build after releasing the stable version of Ruby.

[robertosante]

when is this going to be updated?

[icantrap]

@hsbt Can you clarify?

I'm going to release the next version of ruby-build after releasing the stable version of Ruby.

Isn't 2.5.5 the stable version of Ruby?

http://ruby-lang.org lists versions 2.6.2, 2.5.5, and 2.4.5 as the stable versions of Ruby. The front page has announcement posts for 2.5.5 and 2.6.2.

[hsbt]

Again, Do not rush us.

[hsbt]

Just released: https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/tag/v20190320