From: Ben Bleything <ben@...>
Date: 2007-12-06T01:36:29+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygems/rubyforge question - release, package, group?

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007, Rob Sanheim wrote:
> Could someone please explain the difference between a release, a
> package, and a group when releasing gems to rubyforge (via
> rubyforge/hoe)?

IIRC, and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong:

 * group: the project name
 * package: the "subproject" in that group
 * release: the actual release that the files go into

This is best illustrated with an example:

  http://rubyforge.org/projects/laika

The group is "laika", and there are two packages, athenaeum and linen.
If you click the download link for Linen, you'll see that there are a
number of releases, each of which has 3 files.

> What is the convention for a gem in rubyforge when its the 'only'
> thing in that project?

Call the package the same as the group.

Ben