Rubyinstaller devel - Aug 2009 - Nice article and followup opportunity

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Jon<jon.forums at gmail.com>
wrote:
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> * [LUIS] Move existing preview releases to RubyForge download page
>
dunno of existing, working on preview2 the past days.
> * [LUIS, GORDON] Create and post preview2 w/CHM''s release (7z at a
minimum if can''t do an installer) on RubyForge
>
Integrated the changes form Gordon locally, working on getting
everything smooth here.

Also, waiting for Comodo to deliver the certificate to sign the installers.
> * [LUIS] Make a final decision as to what is our "primary"
mailing list (see
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/b9ffe0d2334317f5)
and update site/wiki appropriately
>
Is just an small update, for me either list works, but there was a
negative feedback on the move, so, would like to hear votes.

-- 
Luis Lavena
AREA 17
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry

This is old news by now

http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/08/ruby-installer

but what''s great about this placement on a prominent site is that it
gives us an opportunity to do a high profile on InfoQ.  Let''s manage
the attention we''re getting!

I propose we give target having the following issues completed within 1 week (no
longer than 2) and try to work a followup to the above article and an ANN to
ruby-talk:


* [LUIS] Move existing preview releases to RubyForge download page

* [LUIS, GORDON] Create and post preview2 w/CHM''s release (7z at a
minimum if can''t do an installer) on RubyForge

* [JON] Complete all mods to the placeholder rubyinstaller.org page

* [LUIS] Make a final decision as to what is our "primary" mailing
list (see
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/b9ffe0d2334317f5)
and update site/wiki appropriately


Jon

On 12/08/2009 15:15, Luis Lavena wrote:
>> * [LUIS] Make a final decision as to what is our "primary"
mailing list
(seehttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyinstaller/browse_thread/thread/b9ffe0d2334317f5)
and update site/wiki appropriately
>> >
> Is just an small update, for me either list works, but there was a
> negative feedback on the move, so, would like to hear votes.
Objectively speaking, I don''t see a downside to using Google Groups.
For
those of us who prefer it because it makes it easier to manage multiple 
groups, it''s a win. For those who would use it only for subscribing to 
the Ruby Installer group, it''s no different from using this current 
group. You can use any email address when you sign up for a Google 
Account; you''re not required to use a Gmail address, nor are you 
required to use any other Google service.

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Charles

Charles

> Objectively speaking, I don''t see a downside to using Google
Groups.
> [...] 
> Seems like a no-brainer to me.
> 
> Charles
+1
>From the interesting timing category, the following was also in my inbox
this morning.
> From: Wayne Meissner <wmeissner at gmail.com>
> To: dev at ruby-ffi.kenai.com, users at ruby-ffi.kenai.com
> Reply-To: dev at ruby-ffi.kenai.com
> Subject: [ruby-ffi] Shutting down mailing lists
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:45:51 +1000
>
> The dev at ruby-ffi.kenai.com and users at ruby-ffi.kenai.com mailing lists
> (along with the rest of the ruby-ffi kenai project) are being
> shutdown.  Instead, there is now a google group for all ruby-ffi
> discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-ffi