From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack@...>
Date: 2009-08-03T13:11:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:24702] Re: [Feature #1857] install *.h and *.inc

> Those files (such as node.h) are not installed by design because core team
> want to prevent them to be used.
> They are just for internal. �The compatibility is not ensured at all.

It is true that the current way is safer and more portable.
However there are a handful of gems that require more, for example,
ruby-debug and rice.


> I guess that ruby-debug is an extension of ruby-core rather than an extension
> library. �So it is inevitable and reasonable to gain the source of ruby.
>
> After ruby-debug becomes stable, you should suggest the integration of
> ruby-debug to the core of ruby.

Good idea.
Another option would be for someone to create a gem that includes the
header files for the various [released] patch versions of rubys.

Thoughts?
=r


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> Yusuke ENDOH <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
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