From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2011-01-05T03:57:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:34067] Re: The rights of ruby-core people and Myth of ruby-dev


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On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 06:55:47AM +0900, NARUSE, Yui wrote:
> Some of you may don't know your rights.
> Some of you may believe the myth of ruby-dev.
> I'll explain them to clear the ruby development process and make it bette=
r.
>=20
> First, all ruby-core people have the right to ask everything you want to =
know.
> # even if we answer "learn floating point number" ;-)
> So fell free to ask about ruby; for example
> * what's going on with ruby_1_8 branch
> * what's going on with ruby 1.9.1
> * when we release ruby 1.9.3
> * how about ruby 2.0
> * why this method works like this
> etc.
>=20
> Most of such question should be documented some where like Redmine's wiki=
 or rdoc.
> So to ask such question is also contribution.
>=20
>=20
> Someone believe that many important decision of ruby is made over ruby-de=
v.
> But we discussed important decisions in ruby-core like [ruby-core:32009],=
=20
> [ruby-core:25285], [ruby-core:25272], [ruby-core:32156] and so on.
> Some of them are discussed in both ruby-dev and ruby-core, but topics
> are transferred between them.
>=20
> Someone believe that the detailed behavior of methods are discussed in ru=
by-dev.
> Of course on some cases it is true.
> But on many cases I think there are no discussion; it is unspecified beha=
vior
> and it is not discussed in neither ruby-dev nor ruby-core nor IRC nor twi=
tter.
> For example branching policy, as far as I know, there is no conclusive do=
cument.
> (Even if some people know Ruby's branching policy is derived from *BSD,
>  and ours should follow *BSD's one. [ruby-dev:25635] [ruby-dev:27275])
> So if you want to know or specify it, you must post a mail to ruby-core.
>=20
> As I said above, all of you have rights to ask.
> We welcome people who use the rights.
> Feel free to ask any questions.
>=20
> So any questions?

Why is #ruby:*.jp hosted on irc.ircnet.ne.jp?  Even if English speakers
cannot participate in the IRC channel, it would be nice to at least
watch.

I know the password for the IRC server is freely available, but the only
website I've seen with the password listed is in Japanese.  Could this
channel move to freenode?

--=20
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/

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