From: Mike Dalessio <mike.dalessio@...>
Date: 2010-01-25T15:10:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby bounties--list of bounties

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On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter
<headius@headius.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Looks like pure java Nokogiri is something popular--the bounty on it has
> > already risen to $225
>
> It's probably the most oft-encountered stumbling block for folks using
> JRuby (these days), since Nokogiri itself has become very popular and
> is now depended on by many other libraries. A pure-Java version would
> never need special handling on any platform, would work on any
> platform where JRuby works, and would not require native library
> support at all.
>
> I implore gem authors: think about who you might hurt with hard gem
> dependencies on native extensions. At least provide an alternative
> path.
>

I'm in for $200 for a Java Nokogiri implementation. So is my partner in
crime, Aaron.

Consider it "conscience money" for all the puppies who died as a result of
us writing and maintaining the JRuby FFI port of Nokogiri. :)



>
> - Charlie
>
>


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