From: dblack@... Date: 2006-11-25T23:57:17+09:00 Subject: Re: New RCRchive, including new process Hi -- On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > Hi, > > In message "Re: New RCRchive, including new process" > on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:10:13 +0900, "Trans" writes: > > |Thanks David. I understand that this is Matz' call. I suppose I could > |have just written him. But I think everyone who participates in the RCR > |process has a stake in how it works. It's not just that the process is > |unappealling per se. It's frustating that the process is being > |restarted from scratch for the 3rd time while the difference between > |the restarts appears marginal at best. If you recall the last time this > |transformation occured I heavy argued for an RCR mailing list and even > |tried to start one. It had some limited success but it's the kind of > |thing that just doesn't fly without official support. I believe what we > |will get with this new process is just more of the same, becasue what > |is really needed is a screening forum to eliminate lack-luster ideas > |before they ever go to RCR and focus the good ones that do. > > I am sorry for restarting it again. But I haven't felt it's worked > well for last two times. Most of them are pretty vague. I had to > read between the lines before accepting it. I have to left many just > because they are not concrete enough to distinguish good or bad. > > This time, mailing list for each proposal could help discussion and > improving the proposals. In addition, I would eagerly reject > proposals that is not concrete enough this time. You may have to polish > your proposals again and again to be accepted. It is an effort, I > know. But it should be better than being left ignored. I wanted to add that Matz did go through the previous RCRchive a couple of weeks ago, and did some accepting and rejecting. So definitely have a look there and see where things stand before submitting new ones. David -- David A. Black | dblack@wobblini.net Author of "Ruby for Rails" [1] | Ruby/Rails training & consultancy [3] DABlog (DAB's Weblog) [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc. [4] [1] http://www.manning.com/black | [3] http://www.rubypowerandlight.com [2] http://dablog.rubypal.com | [4] http://www.rubycentral.org