Even if the plan was to throw all existing Rails code in the trash and have the Rails core team switch to Merb, they would still call the result "Rails". Throwing away the Rails brand would be insane, and diluting it by calling it "Rails/Merb" or "Mails" or something would likewise be insane.
I completely agree. It should keep the Rails name. That is not my point though. They will have to rewrite most of the core and probably use large portions of Merb, that is not merging Merb into Rails. It could be a merger of the two projects, or even rebranding Merb as Rails, but it's not that.
I completely agree. It should keep the Rails name. That is not my point though. They will have to rewrite most of the core and probably use large portions of Merb, that is not merging Merb into Rails. It could be a merger of the two projects, or even rebranding Merb as Rails, but it's not that.