From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-12T04:24:06+09:00
Subject: Re: rubyforge.org still down ?

Hi --

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Tom Copeland wrote:

>> Tom, just a suggestion, what do you think if the community
>> came together donating some money so you could fix the
>> server, upgrade it or even get a better one for rubyforge?
>> I'm pretty sure you'd have the support from rubyforge users.
>
> Hi Thiago -
>
> Thanks!  But RubyCentral has been great about providing financial
> support for RubyForge, and since gifts to them are tax-deductible that's
> where the money should go.
>
> The current hardware is powerful enough to handle the load, it's just
> that something's flaking out on us.  We're in troubleshooting mode now,
> and if we can figure out that we need to buy something we'll go to
> RubyCentral and ask them for the funds.  If they need money I daresay
> David or Chad or Rich will post a note here.

And I'm not averse to using any old excuse to mention that we accept
donations on an ongoing basis -- both for general Ruby Central
initiatives and support, and for sponsorship of specific aspects of
RubyConf -- here: http://www.rubycentral.org/pledge


David

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