From: Juergen Strobel <strobel@...>
Date: 2006-06-06T09:36:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposing: A new Ruby Windows installer

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 04:30:56AM +0900, Enterprise Astronaut wrote:
> Austin Ziegler wrote:
> > 
> > Because it'd be a waste. Better would be to have people actually
> > volunteer to help Curt keep the release up to date.
> > 
> 
> Why would it be a waste?  A lot of time seems to be spent getting 
> FreeRide, SciTe, etc. all bundled up.  That would be gone.  I'm talking 
> about just putting Ruby on a Win32 box quick and easily via gems.  No 
> need for an installer at all.  Run the EXE and it always grabs the 
> latest gem.  Seems like a lot less maintenance and heartache than the 
> way its being done currently.
> 
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> 

Real men %x{aptitude install ruby} and 
%x{aptitude search "lib.*ruby1.8"} for the rest on their own.

*ducks and runs for cover*
J�rgen 

-- 
 The box said it requires Windows 95 or better so I installed Linux