Hi,

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:39:51 +1000, Yugui (Yuki Sonoda) <yugui / yugui.jp>  
wrote:


>  * Encoding.default_internal will not be included in 1.9.0-5.
>    It will be included in 1.9.1 PR1.
OK

> == Encoding.default_internal
> Matz said it takes more time to decide its specification and implement
> it at [ruby-dev:36600]. So I will release 1.9.0-5 before
> default_internal will be implemented.
>
> default_internal will effect many libraries. So this feature possibly
> make us reschedule the release of 1.9.1. But Matz decided to import this
> feature into 1.9.1.
>
> I will, by 25 Oct, decide whether we need rescheduling. I want to
> release 1.9.1 at 20 Dec, but it will possibly be at 25 Jan.
>
> Perhaps, some of standard libraries need to be fixed for
> default_internal. I want you to fix the libraries by 20 Oct.

The design of default_internal (the patch I just posted) means that it  
should not break libraries, and some should be able to use it without  
modification eg: OpenURI (yet to be tested!).
However, some libraries should be modified to take better advantage of it.
So I think that including default_internal should have immediate benefits  
and little downside.

Cheers
Mike