So with the release of IronRuby to RubyForge and opening things up for community contribution (you will need to sign a contributors agreement before they will be able to accept your contributions, but that’s completely normal and an understood necessity by anyone who has contributed to a large open source project before) what better way to celebrate than by throwing a *HACKFEST* Extravaganza?

Of course, while we’re at it, why not spend some time helping out with the *other* .NET Ruby runtime and compiler project, Ruby.NET?

So without further adieu,

This Saturday… day, day < Sunday... day, day, and < Monday... day, day *ONLY*, the IronRuby and Ruby.NET Labor Day Weekend *HACKFEST* Extravaganza is coming to an IRC channel near you,

irc://irc.freenode.net/#ironruby

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irc://irc.freenode.net/#ruby.net

[Said in the deepest, most stern Monster Truck Weekend announcer voice I can conjure up] BE THEEEERRE…