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

[Burton, Ross]

On 9 October 2012 11:38, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at 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.

Ross