RX for Pain
Tim Bray: There is quite a bit of disgruntlement about XML and Ruby right at this point in time
I’m scheduled to give a talk about this subject and more at OSCON next month. Short summary: if you are a markup geek (i.e., deal with things like HTML or XML), and expect things to “just work”, now is not a great time to be exploring Ruby 1.9. The biggest issue is that bug reports and suggestions don’t seem to attract the necessary cycles from the key developers.
Hopefully, venues like OSCON can help draw attention to this important issue.