From: Richard Lyman <lymans@...>
Date: 2004-10-23T02:13:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyGarden FAQ Revival

Please tell me that you will do everything reasonably possible so that
the email I provide in the login will not make it into the hands of
spammers.

Please - please - please!!!

-Rich


On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 01:31:33 +0900, Chad Fowler <chadfowler@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
>   I'm happier than you can imagine to announce that we now have an
> improved RubyGarden FAQ available at:
> 
> http://www.rubygarden.org/faq
> 
>   Many of you have experienced problems with the FAQ going down over
> the past several months.  I have wrestled with it unsuccessfully until
> last weekend when David Alan Black took it upon himself to do a
> rewrite in Rails (http://www.rubyonrails.org).  Amazingly, he had the
> first cut of replicating the old FAQ code done in what seemed like
> less than an hour.
> 
>   What does this change mean to you?  Most importantly, the FAQ is now
> infrastructurally healthier, so it should be much easier to keep up to
> date.  David has already start with some preliminary weeding before
> this release, so things should already be cleaner and more relevant as
> a result.
> 
>   To propose a new question or to leave a comment, you are now
> required to register.  With the endless conversations about Wiki spam
> here, I don't think I have to explain why.
> 
>   This release is part of a greater RubyGarden revitalization that is
> underway.  If you have ideas for content and/or RubyGarden
> improvements, now's a great time to let me know.
> 
>   Finally, thanks to Dave Thomas who wrote the original FAQ code,
> which eventually fell sick due entirely to the neglect it has suffered
> over the past few months.
> 
> Enjoy, and happy Rubying!
> Chad
> 
> http://rubygarden.org
> http://rubygems.rubyforge.org (over 20,000 gems served!)
> 
>