From: "Sean E. Russell" <ser@...>
Date: 2003-08-13T20:33:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Std lib and updating PickAxe

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On Wednesday 13 August 2003 02:44, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> > [Dave wrote:]
> > [...] I'm still struggling to get the updated PickAxe done: the
> > standard library changes alone are overwhelming. I hope to have a new
...
> Out of interest, what do you (and others) consider the "standard library"
> these days?  1.8.0 saw the inclusion of several packages that were
> formerly strictly "third-party", like Test::Unit and REXML.
...
> What are you aiming to cover in the updated PickAxe?  Iff there's benefit
> in receiving any help from others (e.g. ruby-doc mailing list), let us
> know.

Agreed.  A while back, Dave, we talked about getting third-party APIs included 
in 'ri'.  You mention at some point that you were rewriting 'ri', to make it 
extensible.  If that looks like it might not happen for a while, is there 
something we can do in the meantime to help, or to submit our own APIs for 
inclusion?

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