On Sat, 26 May 2007, GinTon wrote: > I've seen that the next version of LSB 3.2 (will be released on June, > 2007) will add Perl and Python but not Ruby. That mean that the next > Linux distributions that follow the LSB standard as Debian or Ubuntu > will have Perl and Python by default. > > http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB_Roadmap > > Ruby is the second best programming language that can be easily used > for SOP (Script-Oriented Programming) only behind of sh shell. So the > Ruby community should to inform / contact / press to linux- > foundation.org for that Ruby also been added. > > http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/language-study/scripting-language/ I don't see how not including Ruby by default could be a problem (mind you I haven't checked what "including by default" means - does it, as I assume, that a distro to be LSB compliant needs to ship Perl/Python as part of its base installation?). However I see how including Python and Perl by default could be a problem: bloat. And if you add Ruby too: more bloat. I can't see what's so difficult about "apt-get install ruby", or whatever that is in the other distros. *t -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Tomas Pospisek http://sourcepole.com - Linux & Open Source Solutions -----------------------------------------------------------