＞ I can't read the original link -- the site is down Well， it is up. You might need some http proxy to read the article > To actually get an official change i

＞ I can't read the original link -- the site is down Well， it is up. You might need some http proxy to read the article > To actually get an official change into Rails takes months, minimum. In the case of Ruby that might stretch into a year or two. Twitter can obviously fork Ruby code base and maintain their own branch if they like.