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# April 2022 Monthly Update
- URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/april-2022-monthly-update/
- Published: 2022-05-26T15:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-28T23:39:45.000Z
- Author: Andre Arko
- Tags: Import 2022-11-28 15:39

Hello! Welcome to the monthly update. During April, our work was supported by [Zendesk](https://www.zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), [Stitch Fix](http://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/?ref=rubycentral.org), and many others.

## ruby together news

In April, Ruby Together was supported by 37 different companies, including Ruby member [Zendesk](https://zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org). 1 company joined as a new member.

On top of that, 1 new developer, Jens Krämer, signed up as a member. In total, we were supported by 137 developer members. Thanks to all of our members for making everything that we do possible. <3

# RubyGems News

In April, we released new versions of RubyGems [3.3.11](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#3311--2022-04-07), [3.3.12](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#3312--2022-04-20) and Bundler [2.3.11](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#2311-april-7-2022), [2.3.12](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#2312-april-20-2022).

The main highlight of this month’s update is that RubyGems now has experimental built-in support for Rust extensions, thanks to the work done on [#5175](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5175?ref=rubycentral.org).

The following is a non-exhaustive list of other improvements included in the above releases (see the changelog for further information):

- added modern versions of Ruby as valid platform values in Gemfile DSL Spec file - [#5469](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5469?ref=rubycentral.org).
- stopped considering `RUBY_PATCHLEVEL` for resolution - [#5472](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5472?ref=rubycentral.org).
- enabled multi-factor authentication on specific keys during `gem signin` \- [#5305](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5305?ref=rubycentral.org).

This month, RubyGems gained [86 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master@%7B2022-04-01%7D...master@%7B2022-04-30%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 13 authors. There were 977 additions and 599 deletions across 64 files.

# RubyGems.org News

This month, RubyGems.org saw several bug fixes and updates, some of which include the following:

- replaced instances of `blacklist` with `blocklist`, and `whitelist` with `allowlist` \- [#3033](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/3033?ref=rubycentral.org).
- updated ERD diagram to reflect the current database structure - [#3032](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/3032?ref=rubycentral.org).
- updated `elasticsearch-rails` gems - [#3028](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/3028?ref=rubycentral.org).
- migrated from using `kubernetes-deploy` to krane - [#3018](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/3018?ref=rubycentral.org).
- added a validation step prior to updating unconfirmed emails - [#3009](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/3009?ref=rubycentral.org).

In April, RubyGems.org gained [88 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/compare/master@%7B2022-04-01%7D...master@%7B2022-04-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 12 authors. There were 1,266 additions and 733 deletions across 79 files.

## total spent

In April we completed 48.5 hours of development work @$150/hour, and spent $7,275.00.

Until next time,  
Irene, André, and the Ruby Together team