From: Tim Sutherland <timsuth@...>
Date: 2006-06-07T19:20:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Weekly News 29th May - 4th June 2006

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 01:13:56AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
> On 6/6/06, Tim Sutherland <timsuth@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> >http://www.rubyweeklynews.org/20060604.html
> >
> >Ruby Weekly News 29th May - 4th June 2006
> >=========================================
> >
> >   Ruby Weekly News is a summary of the week's activity for the ruby-talk
> >   mailing list, and its mirror equivalents the ruby-talk google group and
> >   the Ruby forum. (The comp.lang.ruby newsgroup used to be equivalent,
> >   but is now independent. Take a look at gmane if you wish to use usenet
> >   reader.)
> >
> 
> I hate to nitpick, but comp.lang.ruby isn't independent by choice.
> The wording above makes it sound like they were a rebel group that
> split off.  I think it would be great to also summarize activities on
> c.l.r as well... at least until someone sets up a gateway again.  I'm
> still hoping that  a gateway will be setup and unity will be restored.
>  Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think it's important to have a USENET
> presence.
> 
> Thanks for all your hard work in getting the weekly news out!

Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't really sure what had happened to
comp.lang.ruby, except that it was no longer being mirrored to ruby-talk.

I've changed the text on this week's newsletter, and from next week
comp.lang.ruby will be included in the summary.