James Britt wrote:
>
> Curt Hibbs wrote:
> > Below, I posting the entire text of this blog entry:
> >
> >   http://sean.typepad.com/ditto/2005/03/the_problem_wit.html
> >
> > I think that this guy has really called it right. There have been a few
> > postings about a reworking of RAA... does anyone know the
> current status of
> > this effort?
> >
> > Curt
> >
> > ==========================
> > http://sean.typepad.com/ditto/2005/03/the_problem_wit.html
> > The Problem with Ruby
>
> <snip/>
>
> Some possible solutions:
>
> 1. Dump the RAA.
>    Don't bother fixing it.
>    Tell people to move their code to RubyForge.
>
> 2. Dump the RAA
>     Tell people to find a home page for their
>     project and include "RAA" and "Ruby" in the keyword meta tag,
>     and let Google do the rest.
>
> 2. Dump the RAA
>     Tell people to find a home page for their
>     project and tag it on del.icio.us with the tags 'Ruby'
>     and 'RAA', plus a brief description.
>
> I get the sense that this blogger's opinion was based entirely on what
> he  saw at the RAA.   RAA has pretty much fallen off my radar; If I'm
> looking for a Ruby app or lib I turn to RubyForge or Google.  The RAA
> has tended to be too incomplete or out-of-date.  I've listed things
> there but have more or less forgotten about their respective pages; it
> is just too much extra work to have a project, maintain the README and
> home page for that project; AND have to duplicate much of that
> information someplace else.
>
> RubyForge was a godsend (thanks, InfoEtherites!) if for no other reason
> that it facilitates one-stop shopping for both developer and end-user.
>
> The RAA may be like a few other things in Rubyland: a good and
> appropriate idea at the time of conception, but possibly past its prime
> or superseded by more effective tools and infrastructure.

I pretty much agree with your assessment, but I think one more thing is
needed. There needs to be of ranking and commenting on libraries (the way
one might do with books on amazon). This would be just as useful on
RubyForge as it would be on RAA.

Curt