From: "s.ross" <cwdinfo@...>
Date: 2008-03-26T05:14:18+09:00
Subject: Re: For Comment: Gem Browser

On Mar 25, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Jano Svitok wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:25 PM, s.ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 25, 2008, at 1:01 AM, Jano Svitok wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:20 AM, s.ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks in advance for your comments.
>>>
>>> Another thing that would be nice: hyperlinked dependencies
>>
>> I've put it in the TODO list. It's another set of tables and another
>> fairly extensive scan of the database to construct this, so it may
>> take a while to find its way in, but I agree about its value.
>
> Couldn't you just issue a query containing the dependency name?

At first blush, yes. But if it's implemented as a many-to-many  
relation, I can develop richer information like what depends on a  
particular gem. A direct query might be a good initial implementation  
though.