From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-07-19T03:06:10+09:00
Subject: Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005?

unknown wrote:

>>>regarding ruby stuff being 'easy' to install i'd say that opening up the 
world
of editing source and compiling it will certainly bring in patches and
contributions - and those may be steps towards making ruby extensions
easier
to install be they binary or not.
<<<

This point was made upthread and is entirely valid. I'm not proposing 
that people stop working with extensions in source code. But as Ruby 
applications become more successful and acquire credibility for 
production use, the lack of really seamless binary support in a range of 
environments (including Windows flavors) becomes a barrier to adoption. 
In a sense, I'm talking about enabling a community of users that today 
have some good reasons to avoid Ruby.

You are right, though, this is orthogonal to the VC-MinGW choice and 
belongs on its own thread.

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