From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2004-03-11T07:25:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Possibility of 2nd edition of _The Ruby Way_

Hal Fulton wrote:
> Hello, all.
> 
> There is some discussion about a second edition of _The Ruby Way_.
> 
> To that end, I'd like to have your thoughts about what needs to
> change in it. (There's a significant amount.)
> 
> Let's address the largest changes first. Whole sections are likely
> obsolete. Some were perhaps unimportant in the first place.
> 
> Example of a large change: REXML is probably the most common way
> to process XML in Ruby. It didn't exist when TRW1 was conceived.

A YAML section would be good too.

And maybe a mention of community changes (like RubyForge)?

I was going to ask for a fastcgi section, since I only discovered it
last week. Then realized you already have one - star :)

Good luck with the negotiations, 1st edition was a great book.