From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2011-01-23T02:14:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:34792] Re: [Ruby 1.8-Feature#4239] Let's begin a talk for "1.8.8" -- How's needed for surviving 1.8?

On Jan 22, 2011, at 1:31, Zeno Davatz <redmine@ruby-lang.org> wrote:

> I suggest for the Future that you should make and maintain a list of the most popular gems and their maintainers, that you consult _before_ you release a new Ruby-Version. And if a gem is very, very popular but the owner is gone then you should try personally to find a new owner for the gem (invest personal time, show personal care about the gem), just to keep the Eco-System running and evolving.

This is an untenable chicken and egg suggestion.

With all due respect to the authors of pg and dbi, neither gem could be considered popular by download counts.

It is too bad you can not be swayed by reason and will always shift your argument to a new problem when stuck instead of meaningfully contributing or admitting some fault.