From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-03-24T23:04:32+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:23013] Re: Ruby not to be a part of Google's 2009 Summer of Code?

Hi --

Rocky Bernstein 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.
>
> Last year The Ruby Foundation represented Ruby. The closest accepted

Ruby Central :-)

> organization can find is ruby on rails.
>
>   (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...

My information is that Ruby Central was rejected, and that no 
explanation was offered to us. We've been participating, with success, 
for three years. I have no idea what's going on, but I've sent email to 
the SoC organizer.


David

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