From: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2010-09-16T23:54:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:32435] Re: Can we convert the standard library to gems?

On 16 September 2010 16:41, James Tucker <jftucker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 16 Sep 2010, at 10:47, Austin Ziegler wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Lucas Nussbaum
>> <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote:
>>> On 16/09/10 at 11:02 +0900, James Cox wrote:
>>>> Still, the idea is that it should be possible to see each stdlib
>>>> individually must be what's important: ��being able to distinguish
>>>> individual packages and make it possible for distributors and
>>>> implementors to roll their own rubies with a common core and custom
>>>> library.
>>> Wouldn't custom rubies and custom stdlibs give the impression that a
>>> distributor is distributing a crippled version of ruby, if the
>>> distributor provides only the core, and each stdlib library as a
>>> separate package?
>>
>> If other distributors started embracing RubyGems in the same way that
>> Apple has, this wouldn't be a problem.
>
> Apple doesn't provide packages, they provide a filesystem snapshot. This is not valid.
>


They sort of do provide packages, you just can't uninstall them. Makes
supporting rubygems much easier. Once you have rubygems they manage
the gems and you cannot get rid of them in any supported way.

Thanks

Michal