bbatsov/ruby-style-guide — pull request #129 by SirLenz0rlot (2012-11-20 17:56:30+00:00)
Title: Issue #128 white line after public/protected/private

decided to implement this rule in *all* cases, because exceptions can be confusing
(and we think it looks ugly not leaving a blank line when you are documenting your methods, but thats more a personal thing)