ruby 1.9 is required

config.ru

@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ path = ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $: << ::File.join(path, 'lib')
 Dir[::File.join(path, 'deps', '*', 'lib')].each {|x| $: << x }
 
-# Require newest rack
-raise 'Rack 1.2.0 or newer required' if Rack.release < '1.2'
-
 # We want to read all text data as UTF-8
-Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8 if ''.respond_to? :encoding
+Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
 
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'rack/olelo_patches'
@@ -17,6 +14,7 @@ require 'rack/static_cache'
 require 'olelo'
 require 'olelo/middleware/degrade_mime_type'
 require 'olelo/middleware/flash'
+require 'olelo/middleware/force_encoding'
 require 'securerandom'
 
 Olelo::Config.instance['app_path'] = path
@@ -66,11 +64,7 @@ if !Olelo::Config['rack.blacklist'].empty?
   use Olelo::Middleware::Blacklist, :blacklist => Olelo::Config['rack.blacklist']
 end
 
-if ''.respond_to? :encoding
-  require 'olelo/middleware/force_encoding'
-  use Olelo::Middleware::ForceEncoding
-end
-
+use Olelo::Middleware::ForceEncoding
 use Olelo::Middleware::Flash, :set_accessors => %w(error warn info)
 use Rack::RelativeRedirect
 

test/request_test.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'helper'
 require 'olelo/middleware/flash'
+require 'olelo/middleware/force_encoding'
 require 'rack/session/pool'
 
 Rack::MockRequest::DEFAULT_ENV['REMOTE_ADDR'] = 'localhorst'
@@ -68,10 +69,7 @@ class Bacon::Context
     logger = Logger.new(File.join(@app_path, 'test.log'))
 
     @app = Rack::Builder.new do
-      if ''.respond_to? :encoding
-        require 'olelo/middleware/force_encoding'
-        use Olelo::Middleware::ForceEncoding
-      end
+      use Olelo::Middleware::ForceEncoding
       use Rack::Session::Pool
       use Olelo::Middleware::Flash, :set_accessors => %w(error warn info)
       Olelo::Initializer.initialize(logger)