By now you will all have heard of the release of Ruby 1.9.1 – the first, stable, production-ready release of the next-generation Ruby interpreter. This has a number of enhancements; RubyGems is bundled with the interpreter, native threads are used instead of green threads and we have a general performance boost all round (amongst many others).
However, there is a significant barrier to Ruby 1.9 adoption; the compatibility of the gems that we have all come to depend on.
Which is why we’ve launched isitruby19.com – a site that tracks gems and lists whether they are 1.9 compatible. Each time you come across a gem that works for you, drop by and leave a comment, so we all get a feel for which gems need some work and which are ready today.
