I see. My two projects are indeed quite small yet (but running the tests already takes quite long).
But: the solution to this problem isn't not upgrading and then demanding support for your outdated environment. The solution is to fix whatever is slow and try to get a patch upstream.
Now I don't know how likely the ruby developers are to accept a patch, but once this becomes too painful for me, I will try and have a look. I might not be able to fix it, but at least I know that I'm not stuck in the past, terrified and unable to move
Well, the solution isn't upgrading for the sake of upgrading either. 1.9.2 buys me absolutely nothing and has some major costs associated with it. REE is chugging along like a champ.
I don't really understand why the release of 1.9.2 meant all else had to be dropped. Most other communities continue to support their stable releases. It's not as if 1.9.2 has even displaced 1.8.7 with virtually any of the linux distros either. If your policy is to use security-audited / supported packages, as is the case in many environments, moving to 1.9.2 is a dealbreaker.
Anyway, supporting 1.8.7 and 1.9.2 is trivial in most cases. I'm not demanding support for my environment, which I prefer to think of more as stable and battle-tested than "outdated." But I don't understand actively dropping support for it either.
But: the solution to this problem isn't not upgrading and then demanding support for your outdated environment. The solution is to fix whatever is slow and try to get a patch upstream.
Now I don't know how likely the ruby developers are to accept a patch, but once this becomes too painful for me, I will try and have a look. I might not be able to fix it, but at least I know that I'm not stuck in the past, terrified and unable to move