From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-09-01T03:10:23+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] open4-0.6.0

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Berger, Daniel wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ara.t.howard@noaa.gov [mailto:ara.t.howard@noaa.gov]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:56 AM
>> To: ruby-talk ML
>> Subject: [ANN] open4-0.6.0
>>
>>
>>
>> URIS
>>
>>    http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
>>    http://www.codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/
>>
>> SYNOPSIS
>>
>>    open child process with handles on pid, stdin, stdout, and
>> stderr: manage
>>    child processes and their io handles easily.
>
> <snip>
>
> I tried to download the .tgz file from the RubyForge page, but I get a
> 404.  I noticed you have the files layed out somewhat strangely, with 1
> file per release it looks like.  Maybe that's confusing RubyForge.

hmm.  the same script uploaded the gem, which is fine, as the tgz so i'm not
sure what's going on... it looks like it may be a rubyforge issue - i can't
even delete the release with it throwing errors (missing parameters??)

for now you can grab the tarball/gem here

   http://www.codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/open4/

sorry for hassle...

> May I suggest putting related files under the same release?  Take a look at
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=735 for what I mean.

isn't that how i have it

   http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1024

note that they're all undert the 'codeforpeople' project.  that way i don't
have to bother time whenever i create a new sub-project...


> Anyway, assuming this works on Windows (it does, right?) then I might have
> to start a petition to include it in the stdlib. :)

errr - no. ;-(

however.  i would __love__ to make it so.  can i ask you to have a look at the
source and see what it would take to make work?  i'm sure this will mean
factoring out fork or requiring one of you windows libs that do so - and that
may be all.

next i'll have you help me make posixlock cross-platform ;-)

cheers.

-a
-- 
what science finds to be nonexistent, we must accept as nonexistent; but what
science merely does not find is a completely different matter... it is quite
clear that there are many, many mysterious things.
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