[ruby-talk:00959] FYI: DRAFT of comp.lang.ruby RFD (request for discussion)

This is still in the preliminary stages, but I thought people might be
interested in it.

If you have any suggested corrections or improvements, please send them to
Conrad Schneiker <[e-mail]>.

----- Original Message -----
From: Conrad Schneiker <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:37 PM
Subject: DRAFT of comp.lang.ruby RFD (request for discussion)


>
>                      REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
>                    unmoderated group comp.lang.ruby
>
> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of of
> an unmoderated group the comp.lang.* hierarchy.  This is not a Call
> for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.  Procedural details are
> below.
>
> Newsgroup lines:
> comp.lang.ruby        The Ruby programming language.
>
> RATIONALE: comp.lang.ruby
>
> Ruby is a relatively new very-high-level language developed in Japan.
> Ruby is a dynamic object oriented programming language that provides
> many of the best-liked power and convenience features of Perl and
> Python on one hand, with an elegantly simple and powerful syntax that
> was partly inspired by Eiffel and Ada on the other hand.  Ruby is also
> an open source language.  A survey of DejaNews shows much of 1999's
> newsgroup discussion of Ruby took place on comp.lang.python, which is
> not optimal, since comp.lang.python is dedicated to the Python
> language.  In Japan, Ruby has overtaken Python in terms of popular
> usage. In 1999, Ruby has been featured in several articles in the
> English language software trade press, indicating it is in the realm
> of the takeoff threshold that both Perl and Python attained many years
> ago. The English language Ruby home page is www.ruby-lang.org/en/,
> which provides links to documentation and download pages for Ruby.
>
> CHARTER: comp.lang.ruby
>
> The comp.lang.ruby newsgroup is devoted to discussions of the Ruby
> programming language and related issues.
>
> Examples of relevant postings would include, but not be limited to,
> the following subjects:
>
> * Bug reports
> * Announcements of software written with Ruby
> * Examples of Ruby code
> * Suggestions for Ruby developers
> * Requests for help from new Ruby programmers
>
> The newsgroup is not moderated, but messages that qualify as net abuse
> according to the standards established in news.admin.net-abuse.misc
> are subject to deletion. This includes make-money-fast messages and
> messages that exceed the Breidbart Index regarding excessive multiple
> postings.
>
> END CHARTER.
>
> PROCEDURE:
>
> This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this phase
> of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
> should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will continue
> for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
> proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
> Votes (CFV) will be posted by a neutral vote taker.  Please do not
> attempt to vote until this happens.
>
> All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
>
> This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
> guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
> to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to these
> documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
> questions about the process.
>
> DISTRIBUTION:
>
> This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
>
>   comp.lang.perl, comp.lang.python, comp.lang.java.misc, news.groups,
>   news.announce.newgroups
>
> and the following mailing list:
>
>   [e-mail] (English language Ruby discussion group)
>           Subcribe via: [e-mail]
>           ('subscribe first_name last_name' in body)
>
> Proponent: Conrad Schneiker <[e-mail]>
>
>
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