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Rhiannon worked with Ruby Central for a bit, left a few weeks ago, and just shared this: https://bsky.app/profile/rhiannon.io/post/3lz6zcflg2s26
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Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
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Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
#252The idea that Ruby Central is "attacking" its own project -- that it has secured funding for -- for a decade plus, is not really based in reality. Not sure what goes on in their "Github Enterprise", but their vanilla github is pretty transparent. Marty has been doing good work in the repo as of late around the Orgs feature. I rely on rubygems.org, and my fork of rubygems.org on a daily basis. The project is an object…
She has some PRs merged in, but nothing that shows me she should have elevated rights in the repo.
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%...
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
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All rhetorical dichotomies are false.
Since when does the PDP-6 implement only dichotomous state?
I have never seen a PDP-6 in its natural habitat (only in zoos) so take this with a grain of salt, but I'm pretty sure the PDP-6 is not a rhetorical device.
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
#254I know Marty personally (he helps run the Boulder ruby meetup with me) and I am positive he acted in good faith, even if there were mistakes along the way. I also empathize with the volunteers who were unpleasantly surprised; never a good feeling. I'd encourage everyone to remember that there are people on both sides of the computer screen.
As mentioned in a sibling comment, there's a Q&A with him and other members of Ruby Central on Tue. Here's a link to the signup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45302629
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
#255Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm quick to question precisely because I can see LLM telltale hints in the text - in this case the "not just X but Y" pattern. I don't mind if it's LLM-assisted text if everything in it is a reviewed and accurate representation of the point the author is trying to make. But if the LLM throws in extra junk tha distracts from the conversation and the author fails to catch that in review, that's bad. I think it's likel…
There is no “extra junk that distracts from the conversation” in the post you’re responding to, and I and others are trying to point that out to you. You don’t seem to be responding to those points much if at all.
I said "I think it's likely I was mistaken here", what more do you want?
(Personally I'd still like to see the author clarify if they used an LLM or not, but that's more for my own personal curiosity at this point, to check if my radar needs adjusting.)
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
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Also notable reply from DHH: "Ruby Central has been the RubyGems maintainer and operator since the beginning. They paid people to work on it (including this now disgruntled former contractor). They're improving their practices and protocols. This is good." https://x.com/dhh/status/1969168477475786830
A bit of useful context for DHH’s response: he’s had beef with at least one of these maintainers before, and tried to get him removed from stuff. As André Arko’s employer at his day job at the time, I was tangential to it, so I don’t know all the details, and my memory is imperfect. But as I understand it, DHH either organized or was part of a group of prominent rubyists who wrote a letter to the Board of Directors o…
Interesting scoop!
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
#257Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
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Inaction is an action in itself, they are right in this. IDK where you see a deep obsession in a recognition of this obvious fact.
No, inaction is inaction. Claiming otherwise is just a roundabout way of saying "you must actively support my agenda at all times, otherwise I will consider you my enemy, even if you take a neutral stance" that political activists love to use to pressure normal people into supporting them.
I think it depends on why there is inaction.
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
#259Come to Python land, we treat people better.
based on what? I'm both communities and is not 100% like that :)
Re: Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]
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There's nothing racist there.