From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-10-08T12:13:57+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems and RPA

On Friday, October 8, 2004, 6:15:12 AM, Austin wrote:

> Okay ... both Chad and Rich have misunderstood what I've said.

> I want to manage Ruby packages only through Ruby tools. I do not want
> to have fifteen separate installers (and fifteen corresponding entries
> in the Win32 app list). Ideally, the RubyGem Win32 installer will
> provide a way to manage this automagically.

I'd like to see a Win32 program that's dedicated to providing
installation support for gems/rpas.  I don't see why the core code for
those two systems should be polluted with garbage about the Windows
registry, the Unix /etc, or anything else.  They are by Rubyists, for
Rubyists, in Ruby code, for Ruby (and C) code.

Applications that have special installation requirements should have a
convenient means for those to be met, but building those means into
RubyGems/RPA is like a watercolor painting left out in the rain.

Cheers,
Gavin