Just to be clear - I'm in no hurry to leave merb - I love it, and hope I can contribute in some way to its continued well-being for as long as possible. But I just feel that prudent risk management requires that I be prepared to make a switch if and when the environment makes it necessary.
On Apr 28, 4:04 pm, Pavel Kunc <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems that the official wiki would be really good so: > > http://wiki.github.com/merb/merb/howto-switch-to-rails-3(sorry I > couldn't resist) > > I count on the community to create best resource for the Merb -> Rails > 3 transition. > > Pavel > > On Apr 28, 5:16 pm, Jonathan Stott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:42:06 -0500 > > > Ian Eyberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > as the maintainer of a larger merb stack in production use > > > I fully agree with this statement... > > > > now on to reality ... this is open source software so we > > > are all in it together -- use what you want to use and > > > contribute what you can contribute -- I know a lot of people > > > are probably in my situation -- we use the software but > > > we don't necessarily have the time to be submitting patches > > > every day to maintain it -- having to manage all the other > > > components and working on other software eats my time > > > hardcore -- so people in my situation can do the next best > > > thing -- documentation, howtos, etc.. > > > > I have personally not been so helpful in this regard and have > > > done a lot of bitching on this front which is not helpful > > > so in an effort to reconcile this, I'll try to write > > > some more howtos and fill in any necessary documentation > > > that I had trouble figuring out -- I suggest others that > > > are in my shoes to do the same > > > > - Ian > > > That would be greatly appreciated, both by Pavel and myself, and I'm sure > > by the community in general. I don't see Rails3 as the future of merb, > > because I don't see much value in what would be Rails3, but with an 'odd' > > syntax. This feeling is, I think, shared by Pavel. > > > That having been said, the last thing we want to do is make things more > > difficult and inconvenient for users wanting to make the transition than it > > has to be. Whether aiding the transition is writing docs, or writing a > > rails plugin which makes rails behave like merb, it's something I'd like to > > offer help and advice to the authors for, but don't have the time to work > > on myself. There are things I want to work on for merb itself, as well as > > all the other things which take up time. > > > Regards > > Jon > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "merb" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "merb" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en.
