From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2009-11-03T11:45:04+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyForge and RubyGems and GemCutter...

On Oct 26, 7:27 pm, Richard Kilmer <r...@infoether.com> wrote:
> As part of this transition, RubyForge is going to be slowly stood  
> down.  It won't simply be turned off, of course; we could see it  
> staying in read-only mode for quite a while.  But that's where things  
> are headed.  The community hub functions of RubyForge will not go  
> away.  Community features that RubyForge uniquely provides (or should  
> provide) will be added to the source base of the app thatGemCutter 
> started with and will be maintained on github.
>
> This is a change; but it's one that we at Ruby Central feel is  
> important.  We want to provide the community with what it needs.  With  
> services that Github, the new SourceForge and Google Code provide we  
> feel that source management, mailing lists and bug tracking are being  
> better provided by others.  We want to focus on community features.  
> We will be developing those quickly and that will all hub at RubyGems.org

I'm glad to hear you guys are being proactive about new community
dynamics.

I want to thank you and Tom for your hard work and dedication to
RubyForge. You guys rock.

~Trans