Crossposting for Ruby/gRPC exposure: https://pact-foundation.slack.com/archives/CEQBDD5U4/p1663616539124209

We need to update the ruby client to use the rust core. The problem is, we don’t have anyone who can pick up that work at the moment.

Thank you, @Beth (pactflow.io/Pact Broker/pact-ruby)! Do you have any idea when this might get put on the roadmap to be worked on?

I wish I had an answer. We are hiring a new Ruby dev at SmartBear, and may be able to get it into the SmartBear backlog, but I can't give you any definites, I'm sorry. Cc: @Matt (pactflow.io / pact-js / pact-go)

There is a non-trivial amount of work to do this, and we don’t currently have any capacity to do this - definitely not in 2022. We currently prioritise the top 5 languages by usage, and Ruby is not one of them sadly. Once we’ve done the top 5, the implementation plan should have ironed out most of the bumps, and would probably be a bit easier for community maintainers / contributors to pick up (or indeed us if we have increased our capacity by then). I’d like to give you a commitment, but I’m afraid at this stage I can’t. If you are interested in doing the uplift yourself, we will definitely be able to invest in supporting you. Let me know and I can connect you to the right people/places.

Thank you Matt and Beth! I'm not sure we would be able to work on it either.