From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2005-12-18T08:32:46+09:00
Subject: Re: gem: after installing display text

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:44:12 -0000, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>  
wrote:

> On Dec 17, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Kurt V. Hindenburg wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>   Is it possible to display some message after installing a gem?  I  
>> have a gem
>> and I want to inform the user about a few items... this would seem like  
>> a
>> common thing but I couldn't find any info on it.
>
> Ok, we're writing up a card for it.
>

Is there any chance it could be made slightly more general? Like:

	http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2890&group_id=126&atid=578

so you could 'puts' any message you liked, and also do additional  
installation (e.g. manpages) or processing (e.g. populate a database from  
the net).

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Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk