voraz/spreadsheet — Issue #5: Documentation declares Ruby 1.8 to be a requirement
Author: sampablokuper
Created: 2011-11-25 02:10:20+00:00
State: open

The **spreadsheet** gem is currently at 0.6.5. Documentation [here](http://spreadsheet.rubyforge.org/files/README_txt.html) and [here](https://github.com/voraz/spreadsheet/blob/master/README.txt) declares the **spreadsheet** gem to be dependent upon Ruby 1.8, and states (in the roadmap) that only from **spreadsheet 1.0.0** onwards will **spreadsheet** support Ruby 1.9.

However, users appear to be having at least [partial success](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyspreadsheet/browse_thread/thread/2f7baeacd76e33b2#) using Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.9.3, and [at least one patch](https://github.com/voraz/spreadsheet/commit/0386a7413726be5020e77f41362d4fd2c1a7f4b3) has been committed to improve **spreadsheet** functionality under Ruby 1.9.2.

It therefore seems that Ruby 1.8 is not a dependency, although I suppose it may be the only branch of Ruby for which the **spreadsheet** developers will offer support, for versions of **spreadsheet** <1.0.0.

It would be helpful - especially for people like myself who are new to the **spreadsheet** gem - if the **spreadsheet** README could clarify whether Ruby 1.8 is an actual dependency for **spreadsheet** <1.0.0, or merely the only supported branch of Ruby.