From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-05-14T06:20:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Presenting a more unified front (Ruby webring?)

Curt Hibbs wrote:
> 
> Just off the top of my head, I would say that the major, active Ruby sites
> are:
> 
>   http://www.ruby-lang.org/
>   http://raa.ruby-lang.org/
>   http://www.ruby-doc.org/
>   http://wwwrubygarden.org/
>   http://rubyforge.org/
> 
> (my apologizes for any significant sites that I omitted).

I'd add:

   http://rubycentral.org/
   http://ruby-talk.org/

at least.

> It would be a significant step if each off these sites shared a common html
> block of links to each other (identified as Primary Ruby sites).

What's a primary Ruby site, though? Some might be borderline.

> Even better would be (as you said at the start) an official one-stop, all
> things Ruby resource page that would be an annotated, organized list of
> links to these primary sites and other sites.
> 
> The right home for an "official" ruby "start page" like this would probably
> be at ruby-lang.org, but another good choice would be at www.rubycentral.com
> (good domain name).

Are the links on the main site kept updated? Are they prioritized? Are
they easy to find?

If the answer to all these were "yes", I think we'd be OK.

> I'm not sure if rubycentral is owned by Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas or both, but
> the site has not been active, and something like this could reinvigorate it
> with renewed purpose. I'm sure this could be worked out.
> 
> To make this happen would take someone willing to do the work to organize
> and maintain the site (I can't do it, I way overbooked already). If someone
> was willing to step up to the plate and offer to put together and maintain
> something like this, I certainly would be willing to help negotiate with all
> of the players for reciprocal linking.

I would think rubycentral.ORG might be the place for this.

Ask David Alan Black his opinion.


Hal