From: Michael Granger <ged@...>
Date: 2008-07-07T22:45:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby cache

On Jun 29, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Igal Koshevoy wrote:

> Maybe it'd be worth checking in with the original author, and if he  
> doesn't mind, we can do a code sprint with the Portland Ruby Brigade  
> to create a gem, write specs, and publish it to RubyForge? That may  
> be a useful demonstration of how to take some useful bits lying  
> around and actually release them.


There's already a gem:

   $ gem search cache

   *** LOCAL GEMS ***

   ruby-cache (0.3.0)

And it already has a project page (albeit not a RubyForge one, but  
that hardly matters):

   http://www.nongnu.org/pupa/ruby-cache.html

The download page there does seem to be empty, but again it's  
published as a gem.

It does come with a test (of sorts) in the old "if $0 == __FILE__"  
style that was prevalent before runit came out, but more coverage  
would presumably be better. Also, its API docs are in the RD format,  
so inlining those in RDoc form would be nice, too. I'd be willing to  
help out if someone wants to contact Okuji-san. He has an active blog  
at http://enbug.tdiary.net/, but I don't speak Japanese.

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Michael Granger <ged@FaerieMUD.org>
Rubymage, Architect, Believer
The FaerieMUD Consortium <http://www.FaerieMUD.org/>