Ruby Central should have been more involved in the development of rubygems (software) in the past and establish a community and contribution guideline, to secure the project, secure funding, maybe separating concerns (infrastructure, conferences, etc.)

However, taking away funding as retaliation for a conference talk is offensive, too. In the end facts (money) made the decision. I don't think Shopify has bad intentions.

Clearly, it's about the racists tweets and blog posts one prominent member of Rails has made. And the community needs to address this in a clear way. Not with boycotting the wrong parties, especially an infrastructure provider of our community. Thank you Sidekiq for supporting RubyGems in the past, but pulling the plug was not the best move for the community.

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ipaddr 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

From my reading it was about rv the new tool that hopes to replace rubygems and the push to remove the competition.

The losing of sponsorships because of the talk is what gave shopify leverage. And they used it.. out of fear over the rv tool.

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rmoriz 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The offensive statement from the 'rv' readme is clearly alarming. Shopify, as every other Ruby user, is highly dependent of a working rubygems infrastructure. I can fully understand their motivation, to clarify the situation and to implement rules and separation of concerns. However, it's clear, that the whole process was a disaster in communication, planning, execution by Ruby Central.

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hosh 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Chances are, this will make rv into a bigger success. Assuming the rv developers delivers on their promises. (I tried using their first version on launch only to find that the features I wanted have not been written yet).

Where are you getting that Shopify fears rv?

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ipaddr 12 hours ago | parent [-]

They want Andre gone and won't allow him back according to the gist and this started because of the August 26 release where shopify starts worrying about security.

The tool looks to replace gems and it's ecosystem.

	▲	pygy_ 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And the best way to build trust in the new tool is naturally to sabotage the old one. rv builds on André's reputation. The best way to squander it would be to attack the rubygem infrastructure.

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jcmfernandes 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

An individual decided to stop donating 250k to an organization because he felt strongly about actions taken by the organization. How is this offensive?

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rmoriz 11 hours ago | parent [-]

To my knowledge: Sidekiq is the lead project of Contributed Systems LLC. Ruby Central also announced to end the "RailsConf" series after this year.

I fully understand and support to be angry about and cut all ties to the 3-letter-guy, but I think this Ruby Central/Rubygems issue is a case of "friendly fire".

	▲	jcmfernandes 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's widely known - there are podcasts focusing on this - that Contributed Systems LLC is a one-man show.