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Bug 453178 - dev-lang/ruby-enterprise (ree18) removal
Summary: dev-lang/ruby-enterprise (ree18) removal
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Ruby Team
URL: http://blog.phusion.nl/2012/02/21/rub...
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Reported: 2013-01-20 14:14 UTC by Hans de Graaff
Modified: 2013-03-24 11:08 UTC (History)
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Description Hans de Graaff gentoo-dev Security 2013-01-20 14:14:48 UTC
Ruby Enterprise Edition should be removed. The current versions have minor security issues, the latest versions are masked and don't work, and upstream announced end-of-life almost a year ago. Ruby 1.9 has almost all of the benefits of REE, so the recommendation is to switch to that if you are still using REE.

Things to do now:
- mask package itself
- mask RUBY_TARGETS USE flag
- add deprecation message to ruby-ng asking for removal

Things to do upon removal:
- remove package, package mask, and USE flag masks
Comment 1 Hans de Graaff gentoo-dev Security 2013-01-20 14:21:43 UTC
The package and USE flags are now masked.
Comment 2 Hans de Graaff gentoo-dev Security 2013-01-20 14:26:13 UTC
When removing the package we should also remove all the associated virtuals.
Comment 3 Dion Moult (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-03-24 11:08:25 UTC
Package removed.