Merb gets merged into Rails 3! Huge news. Of particular interest is the new focus on “framework agnosticism”, whereby Rails will aim to play well with people wishing to use alternative ORMs, template mechanisms and so forth. Rails has previously suffered from a reputation for getting in your way if you deviate from its opinions.
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It's wonderful!
http://railsgeek.com/2008/12/23/rails-3-rails-and- merb-merge
Mikhailov Anatoly - 23rd December 2008 22:13 - #
April fools already?
Jaap - 23rd December 2008 22:21 - #
That reputation was largely undeserved, haml, jrails and friends should have been sufficient to 'disprove it'. But these things stick.
I'm thrilled that we're picking up so many motivated contributors and also that the communities have realised that this is win-win rather than one side capitulating to another.