On Nov 5, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Roger Pack wrote:

>> As part of this transition, RubyForge is going to be slowly stood
>> down.  It won't simply be turned off, of course; we could see it
>> staying in read-only mode for quite a while.  But that's where things
>> are headed.  The community hub functions of RubyForge will not go
>> away.  Community features that RubyForge uniquely provides (or should
>> provide) will be added to the source base of the app that GemCutter
>> started with and will be maintained on github.
>
> My $0.02--rubyforge was good but could easily go away.  That being  
> said,
> I do find it useful for file distributing [i.e. I typically know where
> to go to download non gems, like rubygems-1.3.5.tgz], and several  
> people
> still use it for publishing documentation (their own style, their own
> way, not mass produced like allgems.ruby-forum.com or rdoc.info).  I
> therefore would move it not be abandoned entirely yet, which is
> apparently already in your plans :)
> Thanks for the good work there and keep it up.

Yeah, I think back in 2003 it was worthwhile for Ruby Central to  
sponsor a code-hosting site.  At this point the marginal value is  
pretty low.  But we'll keep some services around, and hopefully in a  
more useful form.

Yours,

Tom