From: Chris Carter <cdcarter@...>
Date: 2007-10-14T02:18:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Import gem to Ruby 1.9

On 10/13/07, NAKAMURA, Hiroshi <nakahiro@sarion.co.jp> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Eric Hodel wrote:
> >> Matz, ko1 and akr, do you think that (c) includes gem version control,
> >> for example 'gem "soap4r", "1.5.5"' ?  Need to confirm the requirement
> >> of core team first.
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> > Please see my notes in [ruby-core:12644].  If RubyGems itself makes
> > improvements in the capabilities of require 'rubygems' it benefits all
> > RubyGems users, including those still using Ruby 1.8, so I would like to
> > explore making RubyGems lighter as much as possible before resorting to
> > a Ruby 1.9-only solution.
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> Definitely.  I want to make sure what they call 'tiny library only for
> finding gems'.  If it means 'RubyGems minus gem command', 0.9.4.5 should
> be enough though I've not yet checked it.  If not?
>
> I think ruby/1.9.1 should bundle RubyGems as is, whether it's
> enabled/disabled by default.
>
> Regards,
> // NaHi

How about something as simple as a 'gem' method defined in Kernel by
default, that will require rubygems and then the gem (this may require
making the gem method load files again).  This gives us the benefit of
rubygems being "transparent"  and not taking a huge performance hit if
it isn't going to be used.


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