From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2005-03-04T13:49:35+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby gems, and the require problem (was Re: RAA Status & b)

* Richard Kilmer <rich@infoether.com> [2005-03-04 12:47:34 +0900]:

> I thought for a while if we had a...
> 
> gem deploy (list of gems or --all)
> 
> ...which deploys all the (ruby/native) libraries in the gems into a central
> dir (like the standard /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8 or something) then
> you could have the normal 'require' stuff just work (removing gems from the
> runtime) and making it just a deployment system.  What do you think?

I'll vote for that.  ++1

Or, more likely

  sudo gem deploy (list of gmes or --all)

This would make gems a great test bed. If you like it,
then put it into the system...

This should involve a relatively simple copy, right?

-- 
Jim Freeze
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