dev-ruby/mysql-ruby-2.7.4 has been in the tree for a month now and contains a fix for a memory leak. Stabilizing this version would be appreciated.
x86 stable
Stable for HPPA despite: Loaded suite /usr/share/mysql-ruby/test/test Started .......................F......F.................................................................................. Finished in 0.525577 seconds. 1) Failure: test_fetch_field(TC_MysqlRes) [/usr/share/mysql-ruby/test/test.rb:315]: <10> expected but was <30>. 2) Failure: test_field_hash(TC_MysqlRes) [/usr/share/mysql-ruby/test/test.rb:377]: <{"flags"=>0, "name"=>"str", "type"=>254, "max_length"=>4, "def"=>nil, "decimals"=>0, "length"=>10, "table"=>"t"}> expected but was <{"flags"=>0, "name"=>"str", "type"=>254, "max_length"=>4, "def"=>nil, "decimals"=>0, "length"=>30, "table"=>"t"}>. 113 tests, 375 assertions, 2 failures, 0 errors
I've reported the test failure upstream by email. It looks like this particular failure was already present in the previous mysql-ruby version as well.
ppc stable
ppc64 stable
Sparc stable. I've been using it for some time now.
amd64 stable
alpha/ia64 stable
Closing wrt http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080210-mips-experimental-arch.xml