From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-01-14T04:43:35+09:00
Subject: Re: A Heartfelt Plea for a Universal Open Source Package Management System

Hi --

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, matt wrote:

>> Under the same question, why can't a gem be a DEB, or why can't a perl
>> package be a GEM, or a gem a perl package, or an R package, or a port?
>>
>> --
>> Chris Carter
>> concentrationstudios.com
>> brynmawrcs.com
>>
>
> The point was that there be a universal packaging system. I don't think
> anyone would mind using Baltar's QQQ packing system if it was universal,
> open source, extensible, and worked as advertised.
>
> I'm all for a universal packaging system. But I'll settle just for a
> universal reusable Ruby system.
> Gems, Plugins, Engines, Components ... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ?

Plugins, engines, and components are Rails add-ons.  They don't
pertain to the matter of packaging and distributing Ruby libraries and
applications in general.


David

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