Feature #18513: Hide patchlevel from `ruby -v`

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version: -

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

We still show patch-level like 3.1.0p0 with ruby -v. But it has no benefit for users.

In fact, I heard "What does "p0" mean?" from Ruby programmer in this week.

I think we should show only 3.2.0 after Ruby 3.2.0 for especially new users.

[shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe)]

:+1:, patch levels no longer serves us very well.

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Description updated (diff)

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Description updated (diff)

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/5496

[matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)]

Agreed.

Matz.

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed

Merged at https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/9f81d9f92d