[chef-dev] chef 0.9 patches to support new features of rubygems 1.8.x ?

[Erik Hollensbe < >]

Just subscribed to these lists -- I apologize if I have the incorrect list... 
I was told by one of your comrades in #chef that the lists would be the best 
place to ask this question.

We're in the process of upgrading our rails stacks to support rubygems 1.8.x 
-- but we're still on 0.9 chef which is still using the now-deprecated and 
soon-to-be-dead SourceIndex API. What we'd like to do is submit patches to 
resolve the outstanding issues in a portable way (so they'll still be 
compatible with 1.3+, but not raise the warning with 1.8.x), but obviously 
this would merit a new release.

Judging from our use of opscode hosted chef, you guys haven't completely 
EOL'd chef 0.9 yet; would these patches be something you'd be willing to 
consider? Our team has two rubygems committers on it, so I think we'll be 
able to satisfy any concerns you might have. 

We understand there are contributor agreements involved, this is more about 
pushing for a new release and getting permission for the patches, etc.

Thanks!

-Erik