From: Federico Builes <federico.builes@...>
Date: 2008-06-10T21:30:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:17186] REXML Separation

Hello,

As most of you may know, REXML's currently using a different bug  
tracker and source control tree.
  I'd like to know what's the rationale behind having this, is there a  
major reason
not to merge that (or at least, the bug tracker) into SV/the new Redmine
installation?

I think it'd benefit everyone on several levels:

- Centralized spots for bugs. Users don't have to create a new Trac  
account
   on Germane Software's tracker to submit a patch.
- Anyone with commit access to Ruby's SVN can fix small bugs, making the
   job easier for SER (Sam Ruby(?)) and for everyone really. This  
leads to
   faster issue fixes.
- No more version difference between the official REXML release and  
the one
   included in Ruby.
- Rubyspec testing in the latest trunks (no more typo bugs, see
   document.rb:80 in Ruby 1.9 or the trans vs. transitive issue).

I'd like to hear some opinions.

--
Federico