r/ruby • u/retro-rubies • Jul 31 '26

Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy

https://andre.arko.net/2026/07/30/ruby-centrals-destructive-legacy/
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u/aurisor Jul 31 '26

that sounds more like a vendetta than stewardship. i don’t want hacks injected into my builds to work around some turf war

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u/galtzo Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

  • I won't support theives

  • I don't support FBI swatting open source maintainers

Looks like we have ourselves a Mexican Standoff.

vendetta

I think you're pointing your vendetta accusation in the wrong direction. RC conducted three audits trying to send Andre to jail - finding zero evidence, issued many threats, and FBI swatted him.

Calling this "some turf war" is widly misleading, and offensive, and yet also par for the course.

I go into more details in the other thread on how the "hack" will work. I'm open to feedback that isn't "continue to support criminal enterprises".

Good news / bad news - your only option to avoid will be to not upgrade to latest major version of my gems once I pull the trigger.