From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2004-08-13T13:13:16+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyForge project and gem distriubtion

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:50:50 +0900, David Ross <drossruby@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Heres food for thought..
> 
> What stops someone who has a registered project on
> RubyForge to abuse Gems? A constructive criticism in
> major design flaw. This is why a central repository
> where there is a QA team is good. They can look at
> code.
> 

This is not a design flaw.  It's an add-on feature for RubyForge.  It
has nothing to do with design of RubyGems or RubyForge.  RubyGems'
no-controlled approach is very reminiscent of, say, the way RAA works.
 Or the Web, for that matter.  If you want to inspect a gem before you
install it, it's very much like any other packaging system:  download
the gem, unpack it, look through it, see that it's OK, install it. 
The remote repository is a convenience but not at all a necessity. 
For the vast majority, it makes things easier.  For the few that
aren't comfortable with it, you have an easy option of not using
auto-installation.

There's nothing stopping someone from putting a QA'd, controlled
repository together with RubyGems.  Just not on my priority list. 
Anyone's free to do it if they feel it's valuable, though.

Chad

> `rm -rf /` :)
> 
> ---------------------------
> David Ross
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> Email: drossruby [at] yahoo.com
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> 
> 
> 
> --- James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@neurogami.com> wrote:
> 
> > Richard Kilmer wrote:
> >
> > > Release the file like you would any file (in the
> > Files tab).  RubyForge
> > > picks them up and puts them in the repo, and they
> > are (within an hour for
> > > now) available for remote download.
> >
> >
> > Excellent!  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > James
> > >
> > > -rich
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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