From: Kirk Haines <khaines@...>
Date: 2002-06-13T23:59:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Modules and version determination

> Another thing that is important to track is module dependencies.
> Say, if I write a module Foo that depends on REXML, I should be
> able to specify that in the module metadata as well.
>
> Perhaps we can start gathering some requirements on the wiki
> and once there's consensus, put together a simple implementation.
> Then, if it's worthy, it'll take hold and people will use it.
> Otherwise, it'll get abandoned and that'll tell us something
> about it's necessity.

I'll volunteer to take my current module and mutate it to fit this
set of requirements.

> I personally would love to do:
>
>  ruby -raa upgrade REXML-stable

That would be very cool, indeed.


Kirk Haines