From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2007-12-23T11:07:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [Spam] Rake 0.8.0 added to Ruby

Hi,

At Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:39:50 +0900,
Luis Lavena wrote in [ruby-core:14253]:
> > |Perhaps this is an even better argument for having more libraries as
> > |gems.
> >
> > This is the path we are going to take.  Rake is an exception, just
> > because we think of using Rake to build Ruby itself in the future.
> >
> 
> That will cover also extconf.rb without mkmf? using mkrf by Alain
> Hoang (Google SoC 2007).
> 
> Maybe if Rake is capable of 'boot' with miniruby, then all the ruby
> building process could be rubified.

I don't think it is possible soon, since BASERUBY may not be
1.9 in cross compiling, and may not have rake.

-- 
Nobu Nakada