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# January 2022 Monthly Update
- URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/january-2022-monthly-update/
- Published: 2022-02-14T19:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-28T23:39:44.000Z
- Author: Andre Arko
- Tags: Import 2022-11-28 15:39

Hello! Welcome to the monthly update. During January, 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 January, Ruby Together was supported by 35 different companies, including Ruby member [Zendesk](https://zendesk.com/?ref=rubycentral.org). One company joined as a new member.

On top of that, one new developer, Ye Lin Aung, signed up as a member. In total, we were supported by 122 developer members. Thanks to all of our members for making everything that we do possible. <3

## RubyGems News

This month in RubyGems, we released new versions for RubyGems [3.3.5](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#335--2022-01-12), [3.3.6](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#336--2022-01-26) and Bundler [2.3.5](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#235-january-12-2022), [2.3.6](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/bundler/CHANGELOG.md?ref=rubycentral.org#236-january-26-2022).

The following is a non-exhaustive list of the improvements included in the above releases (see changelogs for more details):

- merged tentative support for `--enable-load-relative` Ruby configuration flag in our bin stubs to fix some `gem install` issues on Windows - [#2929](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/2929?ref=rubycentral.org).
- published a blog post about [Bundler Version Switching](https://bundler.io/blog/2022/01/23/bundler-v2-3.html?ref=rubycentral.org) and released documentation for Bundler 2.3 on bundler.io.
- fixed regression with old marshaled specs having null `required_rubygems_version` \- [#5291](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/5291?ref=rubycentral.org).

In January, Rubygems gained [113 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/compare/master@%7B2022-01-01%7D...master@%7B2022-01-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 14 authors. There were 1,623 additions and 864 deletions across 139 files.

## RubyGems.org News

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

- enabled `Rails 6.1` defaults - [#2917](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/pull/2917?ref=rubycentral.org).
- added a `rake task` to send [ownership request notifications](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/commit/4cb656a9cc342af171379915835a977c3e88ea91?ref=rubycentral.org).
- verified [session for Gem owners](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/commit/8368872dea4907d9c39b3f5125f4ea7b17df1232?ref=rubycentral.org) before showing adoptions page.
- published [RubyGems adoptions blog post](https://blog.rubygems.org/2022/01/19/rubygems-adoptions.html?ref=rubycentral.org).

In January, Rubygems.org gained [48 new commits](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/compare/master@%7B2022-01-01%7D...master@%7B2022-01-31%7D?ref=rubycentral.org), contributed by 5 authors. There were 443 additions and 121 deletions across 37 files.

## total spent

In January we completed 31.4 hours of development work @$150/hour, and spent $4,713.00.

Now that we’ve [joined Ruby Central](https://rubytogether.org/news/2021-10-21-ruby-together-and-ruby-central-coming-together?ref=rubycentral.org), we don’t have dedicated income or overheads to report. We’ll keep reporting on the open source development work we’ve funded, and continue to keep you all updated as Ruby Central builds out a bigger, better membership program for all of you.

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