From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-05-27T03:42:43+09:00
Subject: Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby?

Sean O'Dell wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 May 2004 09:55, David A. Black wrote:
> 
>>I don't think it's the gateway code.  It's worked for years, basically
>>until about 3-4 months ago.  My tests (fairly barebones, but anyway)
>>suggest that the gateway software is, in fact, passing along the
>>messages in question.  Something is happening further downstream.
> 
> 
> Check Google.
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=comp.lang.ruby+gateway+broken
> 
> The Ruby news-to-ML gateway has had problems for nearly 3 years now by 
> Google's reckoning.  Whether off and on, and for what all reasons, I don't 
> know.
> 
> I think it should either be re-built with software that works, or the two 
> should be separated.

There have been problems and bug fixes over the years, of course.

But at present it's largely not a gateway software issue. I'm not aware
of any bugs in the gateway code.

It's more an issue of mail transmission and news propagation -- mainly
the latter I think.

The situation *might* be greatly improved by someone hosting the gateway
who had access to a better news server. But I can't blame people for not
wanting the hassle of maintaining this.


Hal