Re: ruby & windows - fastest way to get going?, what about devkit as gem?

On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Marc Weber <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Simple example: ruby on Windows and sqlite. How to install? After some
> googling you can easily find:
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> gem install --platform=3Druby sqlite3
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> which will then try to compile native code - so you need the devkit.
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> Looking it up you'll fail with "sqlite3.h" not found etc etc.
> Yes, I can create directories and but sqlite source there - but why ?
> Many people may want to use ruby on windows - so does it make sense to
> think about whether this workflow of installing gems can be optimized?
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> Idea:
> - why not package the devkit as gem, so that packages like sqlite can
>  depend on it?
> - why not package sqlite.dlll and sqlite3.h as gem, so that sqlite3 =
can
>  easily use it when compiling?
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> Then everything would magically work: gem install sqlite3
> - fetch devkit
> - fetch sqlite3 (binaries and header file)
> - compile sqlite3=20
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> =3D> be done. No worrying about where to put files etc.
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> Who else would benefit from such a change? For my simple use case I
> don't care - but the community might benefit from making it easier to
> install whatever you want on Windows ?
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> Is there anybody who would join such an effort?
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> Marc Weber
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What about engaging people on =
https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/How-to-Contribute ? =
Anything to make life easier for windows folks would be helpful, I am =
sure. So many people come here, to irc, and other places wanting to work =
on Windows with all sorts of problems. I can't answer them; I don't know =
windows, and I have no need to. But golly, it hurts seeing them =
struggle.