There's been a lot of anger around Twitter on this. I've also seen a lot of people cherry-picking a non-native speaker's words out of context too. Specifically, "Ruby is not a project for security."
That doesn't mean that this bug is not important, or that the Ruby team's decision as it currently stands is a good one. But it's a complex issue.
"It's a complex issues" == Ruby Security Fails again.
It is a crackers dream that so much Ruby code is being exposed to the web these days. Such low hanging fruit. Even the script kiddies laugh at the ease of compromise.
That doesn't mean that this bug is not important, or that the Ruby team's decision as it currently stands is a good one. But it's a complex issue.