JSON syntax in staging_windir fact causes syntax error using Ruby 1.8

[smoeding]

I'm using Puppet 3.8.7 on Debian 4 & 5 machines (don't ask...). Puppet uses Ruby 1.8.7 on these machines which causes a syntax error with this module:

Error loading fact /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/staging_windir.rb: /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/staging_windir.rb:2: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting kEND
  confine osfamily: :windows
                   ^

Could the JSON-style syntax be replaced with the old hash rocket syntax to make this module work on older environments again?

[jyaworski]

@smoeding the newest version of archive has dropped support for ruby 1.8.

[juniorsysadmin]

@smoeding You're going to need to downgrade to 1.05. Voxpupuli policy is not to explicitly support Ruby 1.8.7. Sadly the Changelogs for this module could have been a bit better. We're working on making this policy a bit more visible: voxpupuli/plumbing#36