From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-12-05T01:10:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Wisdom of including Rakefile in releases

On 11/30/06, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was poking around in the /usr/lib/ruby/gems directory today and
> noticed that many of the installed libs/apps include Rakefiles in them.
> Now, I was thinking about this very thing in the distribution of my own
> packages. I'm not so sure that's a good idea. It's probably best not to
> include the build scripts in the release distribution since it's of no
> value there. In fact it could be dangerous even. Running a rake task
> from an installation could expect file system locations only the
> developer is setup-for.
>
> What do others think about this?

As I start to get back into supporting my projects, you will see more
"support" files. If they're in my source control, they'll end up in my
released package. I used to release without this, but was convinced
after a discussion about idempotence of release packages. This will
make life easier for downstream repackagers.

-austin
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