The Ruby Standard Library To Be Converted to Gems for Ruby 2.0?

@clemensk @ryanbigg it is.

The Ruby standard library (a.k.a. stdlib) is a collection of Ruby libraries that, at one time or another, have been considered useful enough to include with the MRI Ruby implementation by standard. Due to the popularity of these libraries, other Ruby implementations have then tended to re-implement or include the standard library too. As part of the march toward Ruby 2.0 , the state of Ruby's 'standard library' has come up for discussion. A popular line of thinking (and IMHO, very likely to actually happen) is that the standard library should be 'gemified' for Ruby 2.0. Why Gemify the Standard Library? The standard library approach has a significant flaw. Due to being a large and critical piece of software, MRI's release cycle is slow, yet some libraries require faster updates, perhaps for security or API updates. It would be better, therefore, to have the standard librari...

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