merb-core is a new branch of Merb (also referred to as merb-next or the 0.9 series) which aims to provide a stable, 
stripped down API for a future Merb 1.0 release.

This branch is based off the 0.5 release series but with significant rewrites.

Goals of this release:

  * Stabilize the @public interface methods to provide for a more consistent application development experience.
  * Remove features until nothing except a central application API is left
  * Improve comments on methods using a standard documentation methodology as described in DOCUMENTATION_STANDARDS
  * Separate the tests into two sections... "private" and "public"
    * Public methods are methods tagged with @public that will be part of the standard, stable Merb API
    * Private methods are implementation methods that might 
  * Implement a new render API
  * Build more extensions to regain selected features when needed
  
To familiarize yourself with how a merb-core application might look,
use merb-gen (from merb-more) to generate a few apps:
$ merb-gen app myapp                   # a "normal" merb app
$ merb-gen app myapp --flat            # a flattened app
$ merb-gen app myapp --very-flat       # a single-file app