The document discusses plans to extract standard Ruby libraries into gems to improve maintenance. It notes libraries have been extracted as default or bundled gems, with different maintenance policies. Benefits include easier bugfixes and new features, but concerns include complex dependencies, need for cross-platform support, and ensuring gems do not conflict with standard libraries. It provides statistics on libraries extracted in Ruby 2.4 and 2.5 and discusses ongoing work like OpenSSL extraction and addressing naming conflicts.