Maybe this is an opportunity for someone to protect what Merb has achieved by branching off the project at its current stage and insisting on its distinct identity from Rails. Don't know if there would be any value in this but at least it might avoid the dilution of features that seems possible once it gets merged with Rails.
No, not now. Yehuda has expressed many times how that he fully expects the community to take action if they are not happy with the Merb/Rails path. The situation is not such right now.
Lots of us are skeptical, but it is very important that we support this. That way, any issues will be mitigated.
