Yes I believe some gems don't even require the dependency as it also causes on other platforms like Windows. I've seen this change go into libraries like Sidekiq. An update to allow json 1.8 or 2.0 would be greatly appreciated.

The 1.8 branch of the JSON gem added support for Ruby 2.4+ in version 1.8.5.

Even though it works as-is, I think it's a good idea to bump the JSON gem version!

+1 - I am not able to start my app on Ruby 2.4.4 on Windows 10 when I include the square_connect gem because of the following error message:

C:/Ruby24-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/ffi-1.9.18-x64-mingw32/lib/ffi/library.rb:147:in `block in ffi_lib': Could not open library 'libcurl': The specif (LoadError)ould not be found.
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Could not open library 'libcurl.dll': The specified module could not be found.
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Could not open library 'libcurl.so.4': The specified module could not be found.
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Could not open library 'libcurl.so.4.dll': The specified module could not be found.

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As soon as I remove the square_connect gem from my project, everything works fine.

UPDATE:

The issue wasn't Ruby 2.4.4. This solution to download libcurl.dll and put it in my PATH worked for me.

THIS. Absolutely this. I'd love to be able to actually install/use square connect, but when it has dependencies that preclude running up to date versions of ruby, or having to run older versions of other gems, it's a complete non-starter. Is there some particular reason the JSON dependency is locked at an out of date version?

Any update on this?

Hello, There are at least two PRs referencing this and including my issue, 3. There is no reason to have 1.8.3 dependency. It makes upgrading to ruby 2.4, many of the rails ecosystem gems impossible. Can we get an update please?

@v-kumar Hi! Apologies for the delay on this. The JSON gem version will be bumped in an upcoming release.

@havenwood thanks! That would be most helpful. 😄

Closed by d5bcdca.

This is awesome. Thanks @havenwood.