From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-02-23T08:44:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting the Ruby continued

Paulo Schreiner <paulo@bewnet.com.br> writes:

> I would fell better, if, at least for every patch accepted on the
> ruby-dev list, there would be a summary in english in ruby-talk,

A summary of all patches is already distributed in the ruby-cvs
mailing that is generated by the commit. You can subscribe to receive
these. The messages aren't always totally self explanatory, but I've
found it possible to follow what's going on using them.

Trust me - I know the frustration of not being understand what's being
said on the Japanese lists. I've spent over a year with excite.co.jp
trying to translate messages that look interesting.  However, at the
same time it does seem somewhat rude for we relative newcomers in the
west to gatecrash an existing development community and start insisting
that they communicate differently. Think how you'll feel in 2010 when
Chinese is the dominant language on the net and some group of Chinese
users start suggesting that we should use Chinese to discuss our work
on Ruby 5.0. Even if we wanted to accommodate the request, not all of
us would be able to.

I suggest a different approach (and one that I think is already
happening). Interesting projects will attract good people. Let's start
interesting projects. The core developers who will participate. And
we'll all be talking. The lists will find their own center of gravity.


Cheers



Dave