From: Eric Christopherson Date: 2011-03-08T10:21:32+09:00 Subject: MacRuby framework in Mac OS X 10.7 I don't know how many people on this list use MacRuby but aren't on the MacRuby list, but I thought I'd pass along something I saw there. It appears Apple has made MacRuby a private framework in OS X 1.7 (Lion). I don't know much about Apple development politics, but apparently this means that developers shipping MacRuby apps will have to embed MacRuby itself into their apps in order to put the apps in the Mac App Store. If they don't use the App Store, they would still be advised to bundle MacRuby anyway, since the understanding is that private frameworks are only for Apple apps to use, and might change without notice. I'm not sure what to think about this; I think if Apple did make it a public framework, it'd be stuck at an old version until the next major OS upgrade. Maybe it would be better for each app to include the exact version of MacRuby that it's designed to use. I've used several Gtk+ X11 apps that bundle Gtk+, which seems like a waste of space and bandwidth to me, but maybe that's just how things are done in Macland. Note that this does not mean it's being closed-sourced or anything. Developers and users will still be able to install it and use it. tl;dr: See for discussion and links and instructions on submitting an enhancement request with Apple; the more requests they get, the more likely they are to listen. It's also customary to put a duplicate of the request on OpenRadar (link contained therein).