From: Michael Klishin <michael.s.klishin@...>
Date: 2009-01-05T22:59:56+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21142] Re: PEP for Ruby? (was: Happy new year and... moving Ruby development to Git?)


On 05.01.2009, at 16:36, Tommy Morgan wrote:

> What is it that's prevented an 'REP' from being established? I've  
> seen the above
> sentiment tossed around a lot, so if it were a matter of "we don't  
> have anywhere
> to post them" then I'm surprised someone hasn't thrown together a  
> quick little
> webapp to take care of that. Am I just hearing a vocal minority, or  
> is there
> something else going on there?


I think that if someone puts together a small merb app or rack app or  
whatever,
and helps Matz and co deploy it, nobody would object about having a  
more organized way
to propose language/process/stdlib changes.

It would require a shift in perspective about the process though. My  
observations so far (3+ years with Ruby)
are that Ruby people are a bit like children (in a good sense, and  
myself included). They like playing and not necessary like keeping  
things organized.

Python people are more "boring", and this is why � IMO � they have PEP  
and really well thought out process of 2.5 => 3.0 migration,
  and we don't have REP and any 1.8.x => 1.9.x migration plans. I am  
not bitching/complaining here, I just want to say, this would be a way  
more significant move for Ruby community that a switch from Subversion  
to Git. This is it.

MK