From: rogerdpack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-03-27T02:39:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Bootstrapping Ruby with MinGW: selfhosted and test sandbox!

I think very useful would be a mingw build of ruby that included some
popular gems pre-built (that is...<cough> mongrel, sqlite, mysql,
maybe ruby-debug).  Assuming that those gems only need to be compiled
in mingw and it works like a charm.

Then people could use it as their dev environment and 'test it
out' (if they work in rails, that is), and also give feedback, and
avoid the pain of compiling their own extensions (as easy as that is
now, thanks to Luis' build helpers).
(I assume you also tried http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/readline.htm
this readline?)

GL!
-R