Goodbye, RubyGems.
UPDATE: It turns out the situation was actually worse than I thought. Joel Drapper has done a fantastic write-up of the situation.
Myself and the rest of the team are moving forward with various projects.
I am leaving Ruby Central, because I have no other choice.
I have been part of the Ruby community for 20 years, and have been one of the RubyGems maintainers for the last 10.
The people in this community have helped me through incredibly hard times, and you mean the world to me.
One of the most important lessons I learned from you all is this:
A person’s character is determined not only by their actions,
but also the actions they stay silent while witnessing.
I consider Ruby Central’s recent behavior to be threatening to the Ruby community as a whole.
The forceful removal of long-term maintainers of RubyGems and Bundler is inherently a hostile action. Ruby Central crossed a line by doing this.
When called out, these changes were mostly reverted. Then, it was done again.
By crossing that line again after being called out for it, Ruby Central has made it extremely clear to me that they are not engaging in good faith.
Ruby Central’s behavior has forced my hand. I refuse to watch this without speaking up.
I am resigning from my position at Ruby Central, effective immediately.
To remove any doubt: Ruby Central revoked my access to the RubyGems repository
against the wishes of myself and the maintainers of the project.
Ellen Dash
September 18, 2025