From: "subwindow (Erik Peterson)" Date: 2012-12-13T00:49:12+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:50829] [ruby-trunk - Feature #7549] A Ruby Design Process Issue #7549 has been updated by subwindow (Erik Peterson). > What people can do is to persuade matz or fork Ruby. An attitude like this is almost guaranteed to end in a fork. I do not want Ruby forked. > Standard language of discussion of designing Ruby is C and Ruby. > People can use English, Japanese and other natural languages for assistance. How are we supposed to persuade matz and the people who have the most influence on him if the language of discussion is only spoken by 1.7% of the world's population? We have to utilize a lingua franca for us to communicate our ideas with each other. In this day and age that language must be English. Personally I don't think of this proposal as a "heavy process." I see it as a starting ground for discussion on how to make the evolution of Ruby a more collaborative process. With the challenges that face Ruby in the next couple of years, collaboration is *essential* for the continued prosperity of Ruby proper. ---------------------------------------- Feature #7549: A Ruby Design Process https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7549#change-34666 Author: brixen (Brian Ford) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: Matz, At RubyConf 2012, I gave a talk about a design process for Ruby (http://www.confreaks.com/videos/1278-rubyconf2012-toward-a-design-for-ruby). So far, over 12,000 people have viewed that talk. I think it is reasonable to say that many people are concerned about and interested in a design process for Ruby. On Monday, we had an IRC meeting of Ruby implementers. Most of the points in my proposal were discussed but I'm concerned that a lot of confusion remains. I have written a post that describes a Ruby design process and hopefully clarifies points that people found confusing: http://brixen.io/2012/12/11/a-ruby-design-process I would like to propose this process for making changes to Ruby. I am going to put a summary of the process at http://rubyspec.org/design and ask for people who support the process to submit their signature. I'd like to request that you consider the response from the community for my proposal. Thank you, Brian -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/