From: "Mehr, Assaph (Assaph)" Date: 2004-07-30T12:28:01+09:00 Subject: Re: Including other people's Ruby libs in your package >>> I would prefer that people be able to just download a tarball, >>> extract it, and copy over a directory to the libs dir. And it just works. >> On the other hand, it can be very annoying for a user as well when >> they already have a *newer* version of that same dependency installed, >> and then they install your library and suddenly things break. > That question is, What's the best way? What are your target audience? Developers/power-user would like control over what goes in. Grandmas like everything to work with minimum hassel. Tailor your solution (and it's robustness) to your audience. My 2c.