From: Ben Bleything <ben@...>
Date: 2009-03-19T12:14:56+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:22938] Re: Ruby not to be a part of Google's 2009 Summer 	of Code?

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Rocky Bernstein
<rocky.bernstein@gmail.com> wrote:
> The list of participating organizations for Google's 2009 Summer of Code has
> just been published: http://socghop.appspot.com/ and I see that my one
> representing my favorite one, Ruby, is not on the list. Sigh.

Sigh indeed.  I was a mentor the last two years, was looking forward
to participating again.

> Last year The Ruby Foundation represented Ruby. The closest accepted
> organization can find is ruby on rails.

I think it was Ruby Central, but yeah.

> �(My interest here was to try to get Koichi a student to do instruction trap
> replacement, although it's still on my list of things to provide a patch for
> as previously promised and/or to help such a summer student get started.)
>
> I'll ask the rails community if they'd consider a ruby project, but if
> there's anyone on this list that knows...

I emailed Pat Eyler today, who had been the group admin, and he told
me that Ruby Central had in fact been turned down.  Hopefully Pat can
jump in and provide more details.

Ben