From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2005-03-15T11:37:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Codefest Grant - RubyGems cleanup and enhancement

Mauricio Fern�ndez [mailto:batsman.geo@yahoo.com] wrote:

//The port/package manager (rpa-base) and the incipient 
//infrastructure (repository, VCS, wiki) are unsatisfactory 
//under our (admittedly severe) criteria. They will undergo 
//major restructuring. Had they been deemed adequate, RPA would 
//have been proposed for widespread public consumption long 
//ago, but it was in a testing phase for a reason.

noble deed; but have you already addressed the common complaint of
developers that rpa is not yet documented? It seems that they have
difficulty creating their own rpas... They you have utilities for fast rpa
generation?

//As for (2), it is hard to tell which are exactly RubyGems' 
//goals because AFAIK there is no public manifesto comparable to 
//http://rpa-base.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.cgi?RpaManifesto

yes, but gems is already being used/promoted (look at rails) by hundreds of
developers. There must be something good in it.

//I would really appreciate if Chad, Jim, Gavin, ..., clarified 
//the situation. Especially since there have been some talks as 
//of late about RubyGems replacing RAA altogether, RubyGems 
//being the only repository for Ruby software, etc.

I would not concern myself about that. Forcing_ everyone to use gem is
stupid (like forcing everyone to use rpm :). RAA should just be index. I
still want to get pristine untouched code of the author; and tar w setup of
the humble aoki is still the way for me. No politics.

RPA is great software. I never had an issue or bug encountered. If you build
it quick for everyone's consumption, they will use it. Time is moving fast,
and many people cannot wait...

kind regards -botp