From: chad fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2001-11-02T00:46:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24090] Re: RubyGems Discussion


> An possible answer to that would be creation of a
> packaging utility
> (GemCutter?) included with RubyGem. Most people
> would use that; those
> who choose to venture into the guts of hand rolling
> their own gem files
> would presumably be well aware of the caveats.
> 


There actually is such a utility included with
RubyGems as of now (not that it has been released
yet).  As long as a utility exists, I don't see a
problem with using an existing format.  In fact, I
would say the advantages far outweigh the
disadvantages.  It has been really convenient in my
Java dealings to be able to easily open and inspect
.jar files with the same tools I would use for zip
files.

Chad

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