From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-01-31T17:40:43+09:00
Subject: Rake GemPackageTask Suggestion

Hi---

When using the GemPackageTask, one has to build the GemSpec in order
to define the task. For a large project and/or slow machine this
actualy can take a second or so. So everytime I run "rake -T" there's
a very noticable delay (not to mention wasted CPU cycles). Not sure
what other solutions there might be, but one is to have GemPackageTask
accept the parameters that will build the GemSpec when needed, but not
before. So, instead of

     spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
       s.summary = "Ruby based make-like utility."
       s.name = 'rake'
       s.files = FileList.new('**/*').to_a
       ...
     end

     Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |pkg|
       pkg.need_zip = true
       pkg.need_tar = true
     end

It could be:

     Rake::GemPackageTask.new do |pkg|
       pkg.platform = 'ruby'
       pkg.summary = "Ruby based make-like utility."
       pkg.name = 'rake'
       pkg.files.include '**/*'
       pkg.need_zip = true
       pkg.need_tar = true
     end

Note the difference in 'platform' and more importantly 'files'. The
GemPackageTask would work those out and build the GemSpec at runtime
rather then definition time.

Thanks,
T.