[chef-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Supported versions

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

I reply-all failed, sorry for the double post, Noah.
  
> >  
> > ChefDK requires ruby 2.0+. It would not be difficult to change the one or 
> > two parts of the code that use Ruby 2.0 features. That said, 1.9.3 is in 
> > maintenance mode, only getting security updates and is scheduled for EOL 
> > next February. I would assume that people managing their own ruby 
> > environments are using some sort of version management tooling 
> > (rvm/rbenv/chruby) and all the tools I’m familiar with work on 2.0, so I 
> > don’t see this as an onerous requirement. I’m willing to be convinced 
> > otherwise if someone has a compelling story.
>  
>  
> Because omnibus-chef has been shipping with 1.9.3, I think that needs to be 
> supported until those versions of Chef are EOL'd.  
>  
> --Noah  

I don’t understand. If you’re gonna install ChefDK the app into omnibus 
chef-client, why wouldn’t you just get the ChefDK package instead? Chef 
client will continue to support 1.9.3 at least until 1.9.3 is EOL but more 
likely until 11.x is EOL.



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Daniel DeLeo
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