Ruby 1.8.7 is officially dead

Just three days after getting it’s last update (patch 374), the Ruby team has announced the sunset of Ruby 1.8.7:

So after 10 years, I’m really glad that I can say 1.8.7 became a legacy. It made history. It changed our lives literally. And to continue the change, we’re moving forward. Ruby 2.0.0 is just great but to make forthcoming 2.1 even more fascinating, I’m going to sunset 1.8.7 and focus on our bleeding-edge Ruby trunk.

What this means to you is no more bug fixes or even security patches, I don’t think there’s a lot of people out there still using ruby 1.8.7 but if you happen to be one of them, I strongly advice you upgrade your applications as soon as possible. Ruby 2.0 patch level 247 is the coolest kid in the block at the time I’m writing this so you should definitely check it out!

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