Gracefully handle deprecation of io-wait gem
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Description
$ ruby -r webrick
The io-wait gem is deprecated; all functionality ships with Ruby 3.2 and higher.
https://github.com/ruby/webrick/blob/master/lib/webrick/httpserver.rb#L12
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/fed732c8f4e4e9218bae7a2e5b142dc9b072a40e
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Research direction
Start at lib/webrick/httpserver.rb around line 12 and read the linked Ruby commit to understand the io-wait deprecation handling. Reproduce the ruby -r webrick command shown in the issue, then verify that requiring WEBrick no longer produces the reported deprecation warning while preserving the existing server behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100