Re: Line wrapping in YAML output

[Eric Wong]

James Rowe <jnrowe@gmail.com> wrote:
> [Summer break…]
> 
> > > * Eric Wong (e@80x24.org) wrote:
> > Btw, would you have any thoughts on whether the current implementation
> > language being Ruby has a positive or negative effect on adoption?  Or
> > if Perl might be more appealing as it's already on more systems and
> > has faster startup.

On a side note, there may be Ruby start-time improvements next year.

>   I believe the single biggest thing that could improve adoption would
> be a Debian/Fedora package, preferably an official one.  I know the lack
> of a system package was an annoyance for a few people I’ve spoken to
> about dtas.  Needing to care about implementation language *somewhat*
> disappears when an install is just a apt or dnf call, and the
> integration extras such as service management makes life nicer.

I totally agree, and that's why I've tried to reduce
dependencies on unpackaged gems to reduce overhead for potential
packagers.  I generally avoid software which isn't in distros.

>   I get that packaging is a lot of work(and not always possible via
> official channels), but I’m just putting it out there.

Yes, it would be much work (definitely too much for me).  I know
somebody on the ruby-talk list was interested years ago, but I
forgot what came of it.  I guess we'll have to wait for someone
else to come along.

Fwiw, I also find 99% of marketing annoying and pushy; so there
won't be more of that aside from release announcements on ruby-talk.