From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-12-28T07:57:00+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby 1.8.7-p248 released.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:24:55AM +0900, Ed Howland wrote:
> Sorry Aaron, here is the link:
> http://trac.germane-software.com/rexml/ticket/152
> 
> I am new to this, so if it would work faster to use Redmine to report
> this, then I am willing to do so. REXML seemed to be being tracked on
> the Trac wiki at germane-software.com. Searching for REXML on Redmine
> [1] yields 0 results, so that led me to believe issue tracking for
> that standard library was at the above URL.

I think using redmine will result in faster response.  Currently, rexml
is considered unmaintained by ruby core.  Since no one is an official
maintainer, *bugs* filed on redmine will likely get fixed.  However,
feature requests like changing the stand_alone? method may not.

> Also, this issue affects both release branches: 1.9 and 1.8. If I do
> post an issue in Redmine, should I post it multiple times for each
> branch?

No.  Just file the ticket for 1.9.  I'm happy to commit bug fix patches
that come with tests.  I only have permission to commit to trunk though,
so you'll have to lobby the release managers to get it backported.

Hope that helps!

Also, have you considered using something like nokogiri?

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Aaron Patterson
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