From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-25T10:33:26+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygems thoughts

On Thursday 24 June 2004 18:18, Jim Weirich wrote:
> Sean O'Dell wrote:
> >>If you want a yaml file out of the process, build the spec and write out
> >>the results of spec.to_yaml.
> >
> > That sounds like what I need.  Can I re-constitute the YAML into a native
> > Ruby data structure and pass it to Gem::Builder.new?
>
> Yes.
>
>   I'd prefer that .gemspec was just static
>
> > meta data and contained no code.  But as I understand it, the .gemspec
> > file is used to create a static data structure that Gem::Builder uses, so
> > maybe that point is moot.  I think I can load a static YAML file that I
> > generate myself and pass it to Gem::Builder.new.
>
> I think everything is there that you need.   Have fun.

Sounds like it!  When you guys update the documentation, be sure to make a 
short section for do-it-yourself'ers showing the Gem::Builder.new trick.  The 
fact that Gems can already work with a data structure loaded from YAML is a 
level of flexibility that's not readily apparent.

	Sean O'Dell