From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2002-02-07T16:11:44+09:00
Subject: Current Ruby Projects

Hi,

often on ruby-talk there are mails like the following:

On 6 Feb 2002, at 18:33, Tobias Reif wrote:

> I wrote:
> > Now I wanted to ask if something similiar already exists,
> > or if someone is working on something similiar.
> 
> 
> On
> http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?XMLinRuby
> , I now found:
> "JasonArhart: [...]
> 
> I am working on an XML binding system in along the lines of JAXB (i.e.
> translate an XML Schema document into Ruby classes) for my own
> purposes, which I plan to make open source if nobody else writes one
> before I get mine working."
> 
> I hope you/he (are you on this list?) will publish it in any case; I'm
> sure there's room for two :)
> 
> Tobi

When someone has an idea for a nice Ruby project, sometimes 
she asks for something similar on the list like Tobi did, sometimes 
she doesn't and starts implementing. After finishing the project and 
announcing it on ruby-talk, often other people stand up who have 
been or are implementing something similar or at least had spent 
some thoughts on the subject.

I think it would be very useful if there existed a central resource like 
the RAA for current projects and even for project ideas. People 
could describe what they are doing or what they'd like to be done, 
and others could contribute with ideas, reviews, and maybe some 
code.

What do you think? Would a page on the Wiki be enough?

Pit