spree 2.0 incompatibility due to truncate_html version

[rounders]

it appears that spree 2.0 has a dependency for truncate_html 0.9.2 while refinery has a dependency for truncate_html ~ 0.5.5

I understand from previous discussions regarding truncate_html that newer versions of the gem do not work with ruby 1.8.7. Is 1.8.7 compatibility the only reason for using this older version of truncate_html, or are there other reasons?

[ugisozols]

IIRC then yes - it was compatibility issue with 1.8.7. See c401085.

[rounders]

thanks @ugisozols

what do you think about relaxing the version requirement for truncate_html while adding a note to the documentation that ruby 1.8.7 users will need to specify 0.5.5 in their Gemfile? Or do you think there is there a better way to solve this?

[parndt]

We could stop supporting ruby 1.8.7 on the master branch, specify minimum ruby version and increase the truncate_html dependency version?

[rounders]

@parndt deprecating 1.8.7 doesn't sound unreasonable to me given that it is approaching end of life and given that rails 4 won't support it.

[ugisozols]

👍 for dropping 1.8.7 support since Rails 4 don't support it either.

[ugisozols]

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