Rename gem from yajl-ruby to yajl

[sferik]

It makes sense for this repository to be named yajl-ruby, to avoid ambiguity with other wrapper libraries (not to mention YAJL itself) but the gem name need not include -ruby, since the rubygems package manager is tightly coupled to the Ruby language. Just as the sqlite3-ruby gem was renamed to sqlite, this package’s name should just be yajl.

This also increases consistency between the library’s name and the way it is required.

require 'yajl'

[brianmario]

I've been thinking about this lately as well. It's come up many times in the past I just wasn't sure how best to handle it other than just shipping the changed name :)

[sferik]

I’ve proposed a similar change to libxml-ruby and fleshed out my thoughts on how best to roll this out: xml4r/libxml-ruby#81 (comment).

Just as I offered to libxml-ruby, I’m happy to help coordinate this release process.

[sferik]

For what it’s worth, bcrypt just made this transition seamlessly. Is there any reason not to move forward with this?

[padde]

👍 I always try to gem install yail when I realize it’s called yajl with a J – oh no wait yajl-ruby 😉