airbrake/airbrake — Issue #37: Invalid gemspec using airbrake in ruby 1.8.7 installation
Author: kjwierenga
Created: 2011-11-16 09:52:10+00:00
State: open

It appears the airbrake gem has been built on ruby 1.9. This causes problems using the gem in a 1.8.7 installation. The problem and workaround is documented in the following RubyGems issue:

http://help.rubygems.org/discussions/problems/575-invalid-gemspec-with-invalid-date-format-in-specification

The fix is to force syck when building the airbrake gem:

YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'syck'

This would make live easier for ruby 1.8.7 users who want to upgrade from hoptoad_notifier to airbrake.