[MacPorts] #16861: [ruby] Please revert lang/ruby to 1.8.6p287

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#16861: [ruby] Please revert lang/ruby to 1.8.6p287
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  Reporter:  roberto at freebsd.org  |       Owner:  kimuraw at macports.org
      Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  assigned            
  Priority:  High                 |   Milestone:  Port Bugs           
 Component:  ports                |     Version:  1.6.0               
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:  ruby                
      Port:  ruby                 |  
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Comment(by febeling at macports.org):

 I'm not entirely convinced that we should revert, but I don't feel sure
 either. The whole stable/unstable release issue with ruby
 is quite opaque to me. I was always wondering if you get better insights
 if you speak Japanese and can read the original list, but we have somebody
 who can :)

 Now the question is how to resolve the problem with port sporting deps
 like port:ruby. Using a variant or using some sort of
 proxy port file which only consists out of 2 mutually exclusive variants.
 Maybe plain variants are just easier, but I read once
 on  the list that it is not acceptable to install differnt version
 depending on variant. Can't fully recall the reasoning, unfortunately.

 I once submitted a portgroup for proxy port file, will port the link in a
 bit.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16861#comment:7>
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