From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-02-20T23:59:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Don't let this happen to Ruby, pleeeeease?

Dave Howell wrote:
> 

> 
> I'm sure if I spent more time not trying to actually get work done, I 
> could get that fixed, by asking questions here. But I have a copy of 
> Pickaxe, so I just use that. If I have to spend time working on my car 
> instead of driving to work, then my car isn't very good. If I have to 
> spend time working on my computer instead of using it to get work done, 
> then my computer's not very good. And if I have to spend time sending 
> messages to Ruby-Talk trying to find out how to get Ruby to work instead 
> of programming, then Ruby's not very good.


To be fair, though, most people have little trouble getting Ruby 
installed and running.  I do not mean to belittle or discount your 
experiences, but I've not had an issue with any release of Ruby when 
packaged up as the "one-click" Windows installer (discounting preview 
packages), nor have I had a problem installing final releases of Ruby 
from source code on Linux.  I used to have routine errors installing 
Rails from gems, but that's no longer an issue.

If you have a problem with getting Ruby up and running, post to this 
list.  If asking for help here is not an attractive solution, then 
indeed you are on your own.


 > ...
> I also agree with you, Glenn, in that I don't think these problems are 
> fundamental problems with Ruby itself, or its tools, or its community. 
> The problem is with people who don't recognize or admit that these ARE 
> problems, and would try to deny or excuse them. These issues can be, and 
> are being, resolved, but only as long as they're recognized as issues 
> that NEED to be resolved.

It isn't that people are busy denying that some people still have 
problems, it's that people are just *busy*, period.

Drivers wanted.


-- 
James Britt

"You harmonize; then you customize."
  - Wilson Pickett