From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2004-06-07T09:02:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Gem resolved back - was RE: Gem 0.4 segfaults on winxp upon i	 nsta ll)

Chad Fowler [mailto:chadfowler@gmail.com] wrote:

> > >> # Btw, are all rubyforge projects have corr gem format now?
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure I understand the question.  Could you explain?
> > 
> > > I'm sorry. I misunderstood your recent announcement regarding the
> > > rubyforge+gem integration. I see now that one has to 
> create his own 
> > > rubyforge+gem and
> > > post it on rubyforge.
> > 
> > > I was thinking along the line of posting ones project on 
> rubyforge 
> > > AND rubyforge will do the gem generation for it. Is that 
> possible? 
> > > (isn't the gemspec actually a ruby program? -sorry for stupid 
> > > question, this is just my first dive into gem).
> > 
> > The gemspec _is_ a Ruby program, but it's more like data than a 
> > program.  Thankfully in Ruby, data is usually best expressed as a 
> > program, availing you of all its sweet goodness.  But I digress...
> > 
> > Gemspecs need to be written by a person. [1]  End of story.
> > 
> 
> Though, given a set of conventions, it would be pretty easy 
> to auto-generate Gem files.  Of course, given a ubiquitous 
> set of conventions, we wouldn't see a need to do RubyGems at all. :)

Most of the projects (especially in raa) are librariries. Is it possible to
autogen libraries?

> 
> Chad

kind regards -botp