From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-04-29T12:57:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposing a Ruby Packaging Standard



On Apr 22, 2:14 pm, Suraj Kurapati <sun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thomas Sawyer wrote:
> > I feel that the FHS has become largely arcane. If I had
> > my druthers I'd much rather see the Ruby community make a concerted
> > motion toward throwing setup.rb/FHS support right out on it's arse.
>
> Hurray!  Well said.  +1  :-)
>
> > As far as shared data and configuration goes, btw, when it is needed,
> > theXDGdirectory standard offers a much better approach.
>
> Here's a link aboutXDG-DS in Ruby context for lazy people like myself:
>
>    http://xdg.rubyforge.org/

Project has since moved to GitHub:

   http://github.com/rubyworks/xdg
   http://rubyworks.github.com/xdg