From: Sammy Larbi <sam@...>
Date: 2007-01-12T04:26:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Tattle - The Ruby Census

Daniel Berger wrote, On 1/11/2007 12:35 PM:
> How about:
>
> spec = Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
>    gem.add_dependency("something", ">= 1.2.0")
>    gem.add_optional("rspec", "Test suite only", ">= 0.5.0")
>    ...
> end
>
> And, at the command prompt:
>
> C:\gem install something
>
> Install required dependency something? [Yn]
> Install optional dependency rspec (Test suite only) [Yn]
>   

The problem I see with that is similar to removing programs in Windows.  
Often, it says something to the effect of "it appears no programs are 
using the xxxxxx.dll file.  Do you want to remove that too?"  Well, how 
would I know?  I don't know what it does.  I think any optional 
dependencies would need a good description of what it is and why you 
would want it.  Something better than a small phrase, anyway.

-Sam