# Usp.ruby - Unix systems programming in Ruby list

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 9, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616 "2011-09-09T03:13:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616/1 "2011-09-09T03:13:17Z")

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# A mailing list dedicated to Unix systems programming in Ruby

Original discussion/introduction about this list started in ruby-talk:  
[http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/387469](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/387469)

The “separate mailing list” mentioned is removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

## Subscribe

To subscribe, send an email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
and follow the directions in the response to confirm your subscription.

This mailing list will officially start around the middle of  
September 2011. You may (and are encouraged to) subscribe  
before then.

## Mailing list rules

- Be nice to each other
- Do not [top post](http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html) when replying, quote only what you reply to  
(or don’t quote at all)
- Text only; no HTML or attachments

## Mailing list archives

You will find yearly and monthly mbox archives in the “archives/”  
directory  
[http://bogomips.org/usp.ruby/archives/](http://bogomips.org/usp.ruby/archives/)

Nearly all mail user agents can open or import mbox format files.

Mutt users can run the following command:

mutt -f /path/to/downloaded/mbox

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**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616/2 "2011-09-09T05:30:38Z")

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I am using Ruby Forum vs. the Forum.

I myself wouldn’t mind to see it continue here, given that the only way  
I see the discussions is in this forum anyway.

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**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616/3 "2011-09-09T10:36:43Z")

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Marc H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I am using Ruby Forum vs. the Forum.
> 
> I myself wouldn’t mind to see it continue here, given that the only way  
> I see the discussions is in this forum anyway.

You can download mbox archives for offline viewing, and Librelist  
also hosts their own archives (detailed below).

The only way to contribute is via email, though it’s easy to  
subscribe/unsubscribe.

## I’ve added the following to [http://bogomips.org/usp.ruby/README](http://bogomips.org/usp.ruby/README) -------------------------------- 8\< --------------------------- Librelist archives

Librelist also makes Maildirs available via rsync:

rsync -avz [librelist.com](http://librelist.com)::archives/usp.ruby/$YYYY/$MM

Librelist also has a web interface:

[http://librelist.com/browser/usp.ruby/](http://librelist.com/browser/usp.ruby/)

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**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616/4 "2011-09-11T08:17:55Z")

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On 09.09.2011 10:36, Eric W. wrote:

> The only way to contribute is via email, though it’s easy to  
> subscribe/unsubscribe.

The thing is: “yet another mailing list”; though I’m quote interested, I  
can’t bother yet with another subscription, especially when it (IMHO)  
perfectly matches into the ruby-talk list.

- Markus

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**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/usp-ruby-unix-systems-programming-in-ruby-list/211616/5 "2011-09-12T01:19:53Z")

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Markus F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On 09.09.2011 10:36, Eric W. wrote:
> 
> > The only way to contribute is via email, though it’s easy to  
> > subscribe/unsubscribe.
> 
> The thing is: “yet another mailing list”; though I’m quote interested, I  
> can’t bother yet with another subscription, especially when it (IMHO)  
> perfectly matches into the ruby-talk list.

I never felt it completely appropriate for ruby-talk given many non-Unix  
people here and people with no interest in systems programming.

Opt-in is the less-offensive option. I’m subscribed to many lists and  
often have several mailing lists filtered into one inbox for  
ease-of-reading