From: John Joyce Date: 2007-05-08T04:35:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Gem-only releases On May 8, 2007, at 4:14 AM, Jason Roelofs wrote: > > On 5/5/07, Glen Pfeiffer wrote: >> >> On 05/04/2007 08:56 AM, Lyle Johnson wrote: >> > On 5/4/07, Marc Heiler wrote: >> > >> >> My point now is, though - please please please - consider to >> >> also release non-gem versions IF you do release a gem version >> >> of your library! >> > >> > I read through your post a couple of times and I still haven't >> > found the part where you explain why gems aren't getting the >> > job done, and why library authors should therefore provide >> > their libraries in non-gem formats. >> >> This may not be the OP's reason, but it does point out reasons >> why some people/projects do not want to use gems: >> http://pkg-ruby-extras.alioth.debian.org/rubygems.html >> >> -- >> Glen Gems isn't perfect. It's pretty good, but not perfect. It could offer more information about packages. Also, the gem list is getting longer by the day. Of course it is pretty easy to narrow a gem listing by give a letter or 2 or 3 as arguments but that isn't very helpful. Some categories would be useful. Heck, a GUI of some sort might be needed soon. Actually, a widget/gadget tool would be excellent.