[MacRuby-devel] Contributions (Was: Experimental branch status)

[Charles Oliver Nutter]

Laurent Sansonetti wrote:
> OpenSSL might be way harder given the richness of its API (as well as 
> the fact that every release seems to introduce API breakage).

I was going to say basically that but didn't want to discourage anyone. 
So I'll say it now: OpenSSL would be a serious pain to wrap. Someone 
please do it :)

BTW, there is a SWIG-based FFI generator floating around out there. 
Inquire on the ruby-ffi lists.

> What about creating a list somewhere of popular C extensions that we 
> would like to see ported? This way volunteers would have a TODO list.
> 
> I googled a little bit but I wasn't able to find an existing list.
> 
> It looks like the Ruby-FFI official homepage is 
> http://kenai.com/projects/ruby-ffi/pages/Home, it does contain a 
> "projects using FFI" page but it's not very complete. I will google more 
> and try to fix the page, first (any help is welcome :)).

Yeah, I'd say try to update there, and *anyone* interested in FFI should 
get on the ruby-ffi mailing lists and express their interest.

- Charlie