Messages tests require a very old version of `cucumber-compatibility-kit`

[bertptrs]

The tests for the ruby gem require a very old version of cucumber-compatibility-kit, 15.x to be precise. The other languages use a newer version, or even the latest commit.

It is non-trivial to simply update, as the naming scheme of certain files has changed. See cucumber/compatibility-kit#145 for discussion about this.

Is this intended to be like this?

For context, I am the package maintainer for this gem for Arch Linux. We try to run the tests of the software we package to make sure the dependencies at least sort of work. This helps detect incompatibility issues quickly, which are more of a risk for rolling release distributions.

If it is intended that this gem targets an older version of the compatibility kit, then we will simply have to package the older version as well as the newer version. But if not, that saves some work.

[mpkorstanje]

That's not the desired situation. It creates a circular dependency between messages and the CCK #110. That circular dependency also makes it so that the version will always be behind.

But for what it tests, upgrading it also isn't too urgent or absolutely necessary.

[mpkorstanje]

I'll have a look at removing the dependency, but I can't do it on an incredibly short term. There are a few other items in the queue right now.

[mpkorstanje]

Released in 31.0.1.