Drop support for Ruby 1.8

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/10/06/plans-for-1-8-7/

.travis.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 language: ruby
 rvm:
-  - 1.8.7
   - 1.9.2
   - 1.9.3
-  - jruby-18mode
   - jruby-19mode
-  - rbx-18mode
   - rbx-19mode
-  - ree
 notifications:
   recipients:
     - weppos@weppos.net

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+
+## master
+
+* Dropped support for Ruby 1.8
+
+
 ## Release 2.7.0
 
 * SERVER: Added .IQ TLD server (GH-171).

README.md

@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ An extensive test suite is available to verify the library correctness but you m
 
 ## Requirements
 
-* Ruby >= 1.8.7
+* Ruby >= 1.9.2
 
-*Whois* >= 1.5 requires Ruby 1.8.7 or newer.
-For older versions of Ruby, see the CHANGELOG.rdoc file.
+For older versions of Ruby, see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file.
 
 In addition to the standard Ruby interpreter (MRI),
 Whois has been successfully tested against several

Rakefile

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary           = "An intelligent pure Ruby WHOIS client and parser."
   s.description       = "Whois is an intelligent WHOIS client and parser written in pure Ruby. It can query registry data for IPv4, IPv6 and top level domains, parse and convert responses into easy-to-use Ruby objects."
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.8.7"
+  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.9.2"
 
   s.authors           = ["Simone Carletti"]
   s.email             = ["weppos@weppos.net"]
-  s.homepage          = "http://www.ruby-whois.org"
+  s.homepage          = "http://www.ruby-whois.org/"
   s.rubyforge_project = "whois"
 
   s.files             = %w( LICENSE .yardopts ) +
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths     = %w( lib )
 
   s.add_development_dependency "rake",  "~> 0.9"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 2.10.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 2.11.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "mocha"
   s.add_development_dependency "yard"
 

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@
 
 # The fixtures are UTF-8 encoded.
 # Make sure Ruby uses the proper encoding.
-if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
-  $KCODE = 'u'
-else
-  Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
-  Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
-end
+Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
+Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
 
 # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
 # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.