Re: [PATCH 0/4] ruby: Add from OE-Classic and update to 1.9.3-p194

[jhuang0 <jackie.huang@windriver.com>]

On 10/9/2012 8:38 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 9 October 2012 11:38, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>> * I sent this months ago but was told that oe-core is not the right place,
>>>    however, we think it makes sense to add ruby to complete the scripting
>>>    language set of: python, perl, ruby, so I re-send it.
>>
>> I have to say, my opinion is the same now as it was then. Ruby support is
>> certainly useful to have, and we have had requests for it; but unlike Perl and
>> Python which are needed by many other things, nothing we have in OE-Core
>> actually needs Ruby; thus it really belongs in another layer IMHO.
>
> Agreed.  If we're completing the set of scripting languages there's
> plenty left out.  A standalone meta-ruby layer that contains the
> runtime and pretty much every useful library sounds like a much better
> idea as the runtime and the libraries will be in a single place and
> incompatible changes can be done in a single move without having to
> co-ordinate multiple layers.

I see, thanks, so I think I should send it to meta-oe at this point.

Thanks,
Jackie

>
> Ross
>

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