A Message from the Ruby Central Board

wood_spirit

Not a rubyist so just curious on the background and if this is the “good” or the “bad” side in the spat? What’s the other side and what has been the broader community impact?

doug_durham

I don’t think there are “millions” of Ruby developers. It’s a large community but hyperbole doesn’t serve anyone.

mbStavola

> Ruby Central’s actions during this period were taken in response to a breakdown in a working relationship with an individual who had significant access to infrastructure and code > [...] > At the time, we believed a serious risk had been introduced to RubyGems and related services. > [...] > The review was ultimately inconclusive because key logs required for a complete analysis were no longer available. We recognize that this creates continued uncertainty. So, after all that finger wagging and posturing around how the new RC regime was right to oust the previous maintainers, it turns out none of their justifications had any basis in fact? In all honestly this has just been one rake-step after another and I can't imagine how anyone could continue to be confident in their decision making. Perhaps gem.coop might win out just by virtue of not putting themselves in these positions unnecessarily.

dzonga

this is why having a growing ecosystem is very important. ruby's lack of growth has caused certain people, organizations etc to have an outsize influence for good or bad on the ecosystem. some people have felt unwelcome altogether.