"Tom Cloyd" <tomcloyd / comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:4A14880B.3000204 / comcast.net...
> Joshua Collins wrote:
>
> Another perspective on this: I'm developing a major personal project
> (into my 4th month on it), and have been unable to use 1.9 due to key
> gems still not working in 1.9. However, due to moderate level of Ruby
> knowledge, I must rather often consult a reference. The one I have is
> Thomas' 3rd edition of "Programming Ruby". It focuses on 1.9, but seems
> to distinctly point out where 1.9 is different from 1.8.x.
>
> What I want to emphasize is two things:
>
> 1. depending upon the gems you need, 1.9 may or may not be usable by
> you. For me, it's not yet.

    How can you tell which libraries are supported or not?  Is there a 
simple repository of which gems have been converted?
    I'm still using Ruby 1.8 'cause I've been programming in it for a number 
of personal projects and, of course, those projects use a great number of 
libraries.  I'm just itching to upgrade to Ruby 1.9 except that I still need 
those libraries.  The instant that happens, I'm going for it!  Is there a 
simple way to determine this besides looking up the documentation of each 
library hoping that the maintainer mentions it?
    Thank you...