Should the .gitignore template for new gems include Gemfile.lock?

[alexandergitter]

I just read https://yehudakatz.com/2010/12/16/clarifying-the-roles-of-the-gemspec-and-gemfile/, which recommends not checking in Gemfile.lock into version control when developing a gem.
I checked some of the most downloaded gems, including aws, rake, rspec, json, i18n, minitest and others and sure enough, they all ignore Gemfile.lock. With Rails being a prominent exception.

Now I wonder - why does the default .gitignore template for new gems not list Gemfile.lock? Should it?

[deivid-rodriguez]

See #3372 (comment). Indeed we initially followed that recommendation but that eventually changed.

[alexandergitter]

Makes sense, thank you for the quick response!

[deivid-rodriguez]

No problem!