Sympact makes its first contribution to Merb

Well after embarking on the Merb path we are still yet to get our application live, we jumped in the day Merb went from 0.4.2 to 0.5.0 and came across some bugs which has lead to 0.5.2 scheduled for release today.  We thought we were on the edge when using edge rails but this pre 1.0 framework experience has redefined the edge for us and for the first time we took the matter into our own hands.  Today we submitted ticket #453 along with a patch for an issue we discovered.  The patch was approved and committed into the Merb repository within an hour of being opened.

This marks our first contribution to the Merb project and will no doubt not be our last.  This continues to show what the Engine Yard experience is like from a customer point of view.  You can safely stay on the edge (edge rails) or push to the bleeding edge with an entire team of supporters.  We started out working with an Engine Yard support and quickly ended up in the #merb irc room, and solved our own problem and are ready to deploy with the fixes.  EY's expertise allows us to be comfortable even when we are out on the very edge craving new features. The dynamic between the staff, our developers and the community blend into an experience I have yet to see anywhere else.

This is fun...and productive.