From: Aldric Giacomoni <"aldric[removeme]"@...>
Date: 2008-12-21T10:06:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Trying to make modifications to a gem...

Ryan Davis wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2008, at 15:06 , Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
> 
>> I'm toying around with a gem. How can I easily make changes and test
>> them? What I've done is copy the directory with the gem files inside  
>> to
>> another folder within the 'gems' subdirectory and made my changes in
>> there (renamed it from gemname-0.3 to gemname-0.4). I was hoping it
>> would be enough but it isn't.
>> Do I have to re-package it as a gem and reinstall the gem every time I
>> make a change ? Is there an easy solution?
>> Just in case it matters, the gem is written in ruby, it's a bunch of
>> 'Ruby files that are all 'required' by the main gem file.
>> Maybe what I need is 'Ruby gems for dummies' ?
> 
> it'd be a lot nicer for everyone (assuming your changes are for good,  
> not for evil) if you submitted your changes back to the author.
> 
> 
> 
I will - I am talking with the author via e-mail - but this is also my
first attempt at making a big class and changing a gem.. So I want to
know how to test it. I'm only been using Ruby for 2 months or so and
don't know much about gem-making and gem-modifying.. I'd probably die of
shame if I told the author "Hey, I made changes to your gems, here's
what I did" and then it's all broken because the code is retarded. I'd
like to submit something that works ;-)
This being said, I'm going back to my original question.. :)

--Aldric