From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-11-30T00:42:33+09:00 Subject: Re: What's the new hotness for packaging gems? On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:14 AM, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Nov 28, 2009, at 10:42 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > >>> In this age of Gemcutter, what should I be using to generate my >>> gemspecs/build my gems/etc? >> >> jeweler is what I'm using these days. > > I've seen several uses of it now and it always strikes me that it's just about the same size as a traditional gem specification.  Which problem were we trying to solve with all of these fancy packagers again?  :) > > I'm mostly kidding here.  Everyone should use whatever they like, of course. All kidding aside, the main advantage of using any of these tools is getting some rake tasks to help with the workflow of maintaining and publishing gems. I've been using Dr. Nic's newgem which is based on hoe, and adds things like maintaining a rubyforge web site. I'm considering switching to using jeweler though. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale