From: Suraj Kurapati <sunaku@...>
Date: 2010-04-21T14:55:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposing a Ruby Packaging Standard

Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 21/04/10 at 14:01 +0900, Suraj Kurapati wrote:
>> Will RubyGems ever follow the FHS style of installation like setup.rb?
>> Will setup.rb ever follow the keep-everything-together RubyGems style?
>> What installation style will this Ruby Packaging Standard follow?
> 
> I think that what is important is that we have a clear set of
> guidelines for Ruby library developers to follow, that allow to do
> both rubygems-style stuff and setup.rb-style stuff. 

It's burdensome on Ruby library developers to support both ways.

Perhaps this Ruby Packaging Standard could provide a tiny Ruby
library to ease that burden, by making the FHS/setup.rb style
installation appear like RubyGems style installation (i.e. how all
files are organized inside a release package and when checked out
from a source code repository)?

> The goal of this "standard" should not be to push one or the other
> solution.

Good point.  Thanks for clarifying this.
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