From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2010-09-09T13:44:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:32215] Re: Can we convert the standard library to gems?


On Sep 8, 2010, at 10:03 , Marcus Rueckert wrote:

> On 2010-09-09 01:45:43 +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>> Taken from the bundle Nokogiri thread:
>> 
>>> Currently, we're discussing three different topics:
>> 
>>> 3) all stdlib should be converted to gem, or not
>> 
>>> Next, the point 3 should be discussed in another thread.
>>> You can't have it both ways at once.
>> 
>> I guess I'm not understanding.  What are the minuses of Ruby shipping
>> with a set of blessed gems?  I can't think of any.
> 
> well for one ... we would kind of need 2 directories for said gems imho.
> because uninstalling the gems that form the stdlib or a release should
> not be possible.

I must pitch in with James and voice that I think this is a false requirement as well.

> I have been discussing some kind of vendor gems
> directory for gems installed by a distributor which shouldnt be removed
> with "gem uninstall" either, so once this feature is implemented both
> use cases can be achieved.

That feature IS implemented (except the "shouldn't be removed" part... that seems presumptuous and rude imo). Apple implemented it and submitted patches back to rubygems years ago. Very nice of them I might add.