Gemification for Ruby 2.5/3.0
summary
Gemification moves many standard-library components out of the core so they can be updated via default gems and bundled gems, letting fixes (OpenSSL, JSON) reach older Rubies without an interpreter release. Ruby 2.5 promotes about 14 pure libraries and ships Bundler as a default gem; tests run pre-install (make test-bundler) to catch breakage. Remaining problems: name collisions on RubyGems, cross‑platform build/test gaps, and heavier maintainer backport workload.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 2:35Ruby standard library history
- 9:14Default gems vs bundled gems
- 15:21Gemification concept explained
- 21:51Problems and benefits of gemification
- 28:07RubyGems status in Ruby 2.5
- 33:26Ruby 2.5 and 3.0 plans
- 36:48Challenges in gemification
- 39:03Summary and Q&A
