From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2010-04-21T05:14:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposing a Ruby Packaging Standard

Intransition wrote:
> Final comments for now, I promise ;-)
> 
> 1) Change "Executables SHOULD NOT require 'rubygems' or modify the
> $LOAD_PATH" to a "MUST NOT". There's no reason to do this in an
> executable.

I have a JRuby desktop app that clears out and then sets up $:  The 
reason is that I need to know that it is not loading anything other than 
what is bundled up with the application.

If there is a way to restrict the load path without altering $: I'd be 
interested to know what it is.


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