From: Laurent Sansonetti <laurent.sansonetti@...>
Date: 2009-03-11T08:11:20+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] MacRuby 0.4

Hi Kevin,

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com> wrote:
> Laurent,
>
> Laurent Sansonetti wrote:
>
>>
>> MacRuby is a version of Ruby 1.9, ported to run directly on top of Mac
>> OS X core technologies such as the Objective-C common runtime and
>> garbage collector, and the CoreFoundation framework. While still a
>> work in progress, it is the goal of MacRuby to enable the creation of
>> full-fledged Mac OS X applications which do not sacrifice performance
>> in order to enjoy the benefits of using Ruby.
>
>
> MacRuby is an interesting project. I see that it is installable as a
> framework in /Library/Frameworks. I am curious about one thing: have you
> thought about contributing the build/configure bits that allow MacRuby to be
> built as a framework back to the main Ruby developers, so that mainline Ruby
> itself can be built as a framework? Apple's system build of Ruby builds in
> this fashion as well. However, as far as I can tell, these kinds of builds
> are not supported by mainline Ruby on OS X.
>
> It would be great if one could download the current stable version of Ruby,
> and run "./configure --enable-framework" and have everything build and
> install in /Library/Frameworks, perhaps with symlinks in /usr/local/bin for
> the executables. Python and Tcl on the Mac already have this capability, and
> since it appears the work to get Ruby set up as a (non-system) framework has
> already been done, it should just be a matter of getting it fed upstream and
> committed.
>
> The benefits of this for developers are numerous. It would build Ruby in a
> Mac-standard fashion, and it would make deploying standalone applications
> that rely on Ruby a simpler process.

I wanted to contribute a "--enable-framework" option but I did not
find the time yet to do it. If someone is interested, you can find how
we build Ruby as a framework on Mac OS X here:

  http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5.6/ruby-67.4/

(It is not very beautiful but it works.)

Laurent