From: Robert Feldt <feldt@...>
Date: 2004-08-17T16:21:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Recursive install-stub for gems?

Gavin Sinclair wrote:

>On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, 10:52:48 AM, Chad wrote:
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>>>Shouldn't "gem install X --install-stub" work recursively so that not
>>>only the top-level loading of the gem is done but it also works for
>>>files deeper down in the dir?
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>>You're not missing anything.  We're planning to add the ability to
>>specify other files that can be stubbed.  Right now, though you *can*
>>do:
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>>require_gem 'net-ssh'
>>require 'net/ssh/sftp'
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>>Would our proposed change work?  We are avoiding stubbing every single
>>file in the lib, and allowing gem authors to specify the ones that
>>would make sense (as in sftp).
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>Thanks for answering, Chad.  I'm working on this feature at the
>moment.
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>Robert and others: should it stub every file, or should gem authors
>decide which files are to be stubbed?
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Chad and others: I think the latter solution is best; stubbing every 
file seems awkward and the author can influence what people expect to be 
stubbed in the docs etc. I wouldn't mind spec'ing it in the GemSpec.

Thanks,

Robert