From: Don Owens <regexman@...>
Date: 2005-01-08T04:12:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Collecting list of most wanted libraries and apps to port to ruby

Perl's HTML::Mason - http://masonhq.com/

I have started doing this, but it is far from ready to release.

Don

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:31:28 +0900, Thursday
<nospam@nospam.nospam.nospam.nospam.org> wrote:
> I think it might be a good idea for us to collect feedback on the most
> desired libraries and apps to port to ruby.
> 
> If we find that many of us don't use ruby because of a specific missing
> library, then we can work together to address that need (perhaps even
> pooling money together to pay developers).
> 
> I believe having a page devoted to this issue might be a good way to get
> started.  Something to collect, categorize and organize this info so we
> can better understand what might provide the best ROI.
> 
> What are the top 5 libraries you'd like to see ported to Ruby?  For
> example, I'd love to see Perl's IPN (paypal) module ported to Ruby.
> 
> And what are the top 5 apps you'd like to see ported to Ruby?  I'd love
> to see Trac ported to Ruby (especially Trac's web-based svn repository
> viewer/differ which I prefer over viewcvs).
> 
> ps
> 
> If you speak Japanese, it would be good to get feedback from the
> thriving Japanese ruby community translated for this as well.
> 
> 


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Don Owens
regexman@gmail.com