From: Evan Weaver <eweaver.spamtrap@...>
Date: 2007-01-11T02:29:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Tattle - The Ruby Census

Eric Hodel wrote:
> You fixed this the wrong way.  The problem is in RubyGems not
> allowing you the ability to distinguish between run-time dependencies
> and build-time dependencies.

I disagree. It's a difference of opinion.

> By "build" I mean work on, not compile.  ZenTest is a build-time
> dependency for some of my gems because I use its assertion library
> when I'm building (adding features to or fixing bugs in) that gem.

You do not mean what I mean when you say "build-time". I think it is 
good for a gem to include everything necessary to modify and redeploy 
it. I do not think that should extend as far as forcing the user to 
install external packages that they would only need if they decided to 
do so.

Evan Weaver

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