On Dec 26, 2007, at 06:16 AM, Dave Thomas wrote: > On Dec 26, 2007, at 2:55 AM, Eric Hodel wrote: >> There is a required_ruby_version attribute in Gem::Specification. >> (It's been there for some time.) By default it is '> 0'. > > and I'm suggesting making it default to <= 1.8.6. That way, we'll be > able to keep track of all gems that have not yet been tested by > their authors as being ready for 1.9 I think it would be better to add a warning if required_ruby_version is left at the default when building a gem.