From: John Barnette <jbarnette@...>
Date: 2009-10-14T07:34:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Can I unpack ruby like a gem?

Hi,

On Oct 13, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Ray K. wrote:
> Here's what I like about gems, I can have multiple versions installed
> parallel and on top of that I can unpack them into vendor/.
>
> ...
> I really like gem for breaking the staleness of package managers and
> being easy to use on all operating systems, but why isn't ruby just a
> gem?

You are creating a bit of a chicken/egg problem here. :) That said,  
take a look at ZenTest's multiruby (with a testing focus) or rvm (for  
more of a Big Global Ruby Version Switch approach).


~ j.