[#3479] Missing .document files for ext/ libraries — Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>

The ri documentation for zlib, strscan and iconv doesn't get built by 'make

12 messages 2004/10/06

[#3492] Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch — Markus <markus@...>

> In message "Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch"

15 messages 2004/10/11
[#3493] Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2004/10/11

Hi,

[#3495] Re: ANN: Free-form-operators patch — Markus <markus@...> 2004/10/12

On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 16:16, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

[#3561] 1.8.2 - what can we do to help? — Dave Thomas <dave@...>

Folks:

23 messages 2004/10/26
[#3562] Re: 1.8.2 - what can we do to help? — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2004/10/27

Hi,

Re: 1.8.2 - what can we do to help?

From: Markus <markus@...>
Date: 2004-10-27 14:18:16 UTC
List: ruby-core #3578
On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 06:11, Francis Hwang wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2004, at 9:55 PM, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> 
> > Use stable snapshots, find bugs, report them (or fix them ;-), and keep
> > track of things to do before the release, especially bugs.
> 
> Maybe you're just talking about the core itself here, but this seems to 
> be a good time to ask: What is the expectation generally about 
> documentation and maintenance regarding the standard libraries?
> 
> I ask because I've been trying to report what I believe to be a bug 
> with the CGI library, and have no idea where this should go. I emailed 
> it to wakou@ruby-lang.org three weeks ago, and then emailed it to this 
> list one week ago, and have received absolutely no response. Not a 
> "I'll look into it", not a "I don't think this is a bug", not a 
> "Wakou's busy with work these days but maybe he can look into it 
> later", nothing.
> 
> I don't want to complain, 'cause after all this is all free. But on the 
> other hand, I feel like Rubyists always wonder when Ruby's going to be 
> taken seriously in the enterprise. And after my experience with this 
> (and a few other things) I feel compelled to respond "If we package 
> certain libraries with Ruby itself, and those libraries aren't 
> well-documented and maintained, then that's not going to help us be 
> taken seriously."
> 
> Am I totally off-base here?

     Let's say you are understandably frustrated.  I saw your post and
looked at it briefly, but nothing jumped out at me.  (I've haven't used
the CGI library much, and not recently).  That was about all I could do,
since I don't even own a Mac, at home or a work, and the only ones I
have access to are used by people who would not want me installing MSIE
on them.  

     If you want another pair of eyes to help you solve the problem I'll
be willing to help with looking and thinking, but that's about all I can
do.

      -- Markus


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