From: cldwalker <gabriel.horner@...>
Date: 2009-04-11T02:25:02+09:00
Subject: Re: how do you manage your gems' gemspecs?


> DRY is a useful principle, but when the code required to implement it  
> is larger than repeating something simple you might consider whether  
> it's appropriate.    In this case the things you are trying to avoid  

Actually the code required to implement it is 60 lines (1/4 spent on
documentation):
http://github.com/cldwalker/thor-tasks/blob/8901b806cbdacd30b6dcbf92ca2968de892c785d/jeweler.thor/gemspec_builder.rb

> repeating are simple and memorable - such as your own name.   There's  
> also the concern that anyone building your gem might accidentally be  
> labeled as the original author.   There are other valuable principles  
> you might want to balance, such as the KEIOPSPCFIE (keep everything  
> in one place so people can find it easily ) principle.

I probably didn't make it clear but I would still be shipping my gem's
with their gemspec.
I just prefer generating them from one central location. This
principle would be preserved since I ship gems with their gemspec.

Gabriel