From: "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...>
Date: 2002-02-11T02:29:11+09:00
Subject: RE: SourceForge Foundry for Ruby ?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Harlos [mailto:quadzero@users.sourceforge.net]

<snip/>

> 
> I am curious about something, Jim.  You mentioned the publicity as an
> advantage, which is a view I certainly agree with.  You also mentioned
> "the disadvantage of being redundant" but never really stated what that
> disadvantage is, or how it "outweighs" the publicity advantage, i.e.,
> what criteria gives the disadvantage more weight.
> 
> Would you care to elaborate for the sake of my curiosity?   :-)
> 

I find it difficult as it is to keep abreast of Ruby projects.
Some things are listed in the RAA; some things are only found by searching 
Sourceforge. Some projects exist on personal web sites.  Code fragments
turn up on Ruby Central or the Ruby Cookbook.  The problem is not redundancy,
but "almost but not quite" redundancy.

For example, I have a particular interest in tracking XML-related projects.
I can get most of the items through an RAA RSS feed, but there are maybe 5-7 
other projects that aren't listed there.  I know about them by following 
various mailing lists and sites, and because sometimes people send me e-mail.

Unless the Sourceforge foundry provides a *complete* listing of Ruby projects
(and there's nothing to ensure that would happen), then it may help
promote Ruby, but would also become Yet Another Site to Monitor.


James (but not Jim ;) )