From: Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@...>
Date: 2011-05-23T01:38:23+09:00
Subject: Re: BARRIER - json, thin, eventmachine - do not install on windows

On Sunday, May 22, 2011, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com> wrote:
> I use a fresh installation of ruby 1.9.2p180 to make some tests with
> web-frameworks on a windows machine.
>
> Most installation of libraries went through without problems.
>
> Except: json and thin (the eventmachine part)
>
> "
> Fetching: eventmachine-0.12.10.gem (100%)
> ERROR:  Error installing thin:
>         The 'eventmachine' native gem requires installed build tools.
> "
>
> for JSON there is a json_pure replacement (gem install json_pure).
>
> is there any replacement for "eventmachine"?

No, thin requires eventmachine. There are, of course, many Ruby web
servers besides thin. Making a recommendation as to which would best
serve your needs requires knowing more about you needs than what
you've stated.

>
> Requirement:
>
> installation without any (either manual or automatic) compilation

Why is this a requirement? Why can't you just use devkit on windows?
It works quite well.