From: Eric Hodel Date: 2006-12-05T03:53:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Wisdom of including Rakefile in releases On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:15 , Trans 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? How am I supposed to run the tests to figure out if your gem works when I come across a problem with it if there's no Rakefile? -- Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!