From: "Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido" Date: 2008-03-15T02:13:15+09:00 Subject: installing C + Ruby extensions I'm using mkmf for building and installing a C extension. I'm also providing a gem. I'm thinking of reorganizing the code to extract those C bits that can be coded in Ruby, and extend them in Ruby, while preserving a C core that provides a Ruby interface for the libraries I'm linking to. My problem is how should my source tree look and what tools and how should I use to have both the Ruby and the C portion built and installed in the appropriate places. Preferrably avoiding rubygems, so that I don't force my users to have rubygems. Which makes me ask: if rubygems will be included in Ruby 2.0, ¿will it be mandatory?, ¿would it make sense not to make a gem for an extension? -- Gerardo Santana