From: Ryan Davis Date: 2011-10-01T13:53:48+09:00 Subject: Re: rubygems-sandbox 1.1.0 Released On Sep 28, 2011, at 09:12 , Jon Forums wrote: > Ryan Davis wrote in post #1024009: >> rubygems-sandbox version 1.1.0 has been released! >> >> * >> >> The sandbox plugin for rubygems helps you manage your command-line >> tools and their dependencies. Sandboxed gems are installed in their >> own private rubygem repositories with all of their dependencies. This >> means that you don't have to have a rat's nest of gems in your global >> repository in order to run popular command-tools like rdoc, flog, >> flay, rcov, etc. > > How does this compare with https://github.com/jbarnette/isolate > > "Official" RG sanctioned successor? Isolate is for creating a private gem repo per project, usually for development (but also deployment). Isolate also will automatically install/update/cleanup as needed on every run (and it is fast about it too). rubygems-sandbox is only oriented around "isolating" a single gem utility / command-line tool and its dependencies and is entirely static once set up. It is really meant for tools like flog, flay, rcov, rdoc, etc.