From: John Wilger <johnwilger@...>
Date: 2006-12-29T05:00:16+09:00
Subject: Re: How to do TDD in Ruby?

On Dec 28, 11:36 am, Eric Hodel <drbr...@segment7.net> wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2006, at 11:30, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> > Yes, if Test::Unit are core, Rspec should be too. But then, so
> > should everything from the Zen tree. :)
>
> No and no.  Ruby releases as infrequently as once a year.  ZenTest
> can be released as often as I feel like it.  Including it in ruby
> would kill any potential for growth.

I'm with Eric here. The standard library should be limited to things
that either a) Ruby would be /almost/ useless without (if it would be
entirely useless, it should be in core) or b) libraries that are so
stable that there is no reason to update them other than to maintain
compatibility with the latest ruby release (and this group should be
limited to things that are "generally useful" as well).

As long as we have an easy to use system for pulling in other external
libraries (Gems seems to be the winner here for Ruby), it's much better
to keep the core and standard library as light as is reasonably
possible.

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Regards,

John Wilger
http://johnwilger.com