From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-10-27T10:33:35+09:00
Subject: gem bin stubs


when you install a program under ./bin/ using rubygems it wrappes the code in
a stub - something like

   require_gem 'yourapp'
   load 'yourapp'

this is all well and good - except that it seems redundant in nearly all
cases.  for example  my ruby queue package has a program in bin that looks
something like

   require_gem 'rq'
   RQ::Main::new ARGV, ENV

if i package this with ruby gems this program with get wrapped to look
something like

   require_gem 'rq', version
   load 'rq'

why?  i mean - you must code you programs to require any libraries anyhow -
why would gems wrap these programs by doing the same again?  it seems like
programs in ./bin/ should be installed as is.  have i missed something
critical here?

regards.

-a
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