From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2008-01-03T07:23:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 01:18:46AM +0900, James Britt wrote:
> Giles Bowkett wrote:
> 
> >I think the only question worth thinking about here is how do we make
> >damn sure that whatever the hell is wrong with the Rails community
> >never becomes a problem for us.
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> Part of that will mean self-policing.  When someone on the list decides 
> to unload with the vitriol, the rest of us need to step up and insist on 
> some basic maturity.
> 
> That doesn't mean people can't or shouldn't point out weak arguments, 
> unsound ideas, bad code, etc, just that being nasty is self-serving and 
>  bad for the Ruby community.

I've seen people, from time to time, chime into a slightly heated debate
with the words "What would Matz do?" or something to that effect.  It
tends to work well.  All it takes is a reminder to try to adhere to the
reputation that Ruby's community is one of the friendliest -- and to
offer those reminders even when someone is defending Ruby against
aggressors.

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