From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2002-10-24T02:29:14+09:00
Subject: Re: RAA.succ? (rpkg vs rubynet)

On Thursday, 24 October 2002 at  2:10:53 +0900, why the lucky stiff wrote:
> Phil Tomson (ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com) wrote:
> > Can sombody(s) do a quick compare and contrast of rpkg and rubynet?
> > Sounds like rubynet has more requirements (XML parser, etc.) which is a 
> > bit worrisome since we would like whatever packaging system to work 'out 
> > of the box' (though I think I've heard that REXML will be included in 1.8, 
> > did I hear correctly?)
> 
> Here's a quick comparison.  I'm going to go over the requirements, advantages,
> and struggles of each project quickly, as far as I can see from information
> publicly available on the web.  Hopefully the developers on each project can
> help clarify.
> 
>  1. Software requirements:
> 
>     rpkg requires zlib.
>       [http://www.allruby.com/rpkg/usage.html#AEN4]
> 
>     rubynet requires ruby-libxml, ruby-libxslt.
>       [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/rubynet/rubynet/WORK?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain]
> 
>     Running a rubynet server also seems to require quite a bit:
>       *) A good network connection
   If you don't have a good connnection, you can choose a compression option.
  Remember, not all source is brought down, only the source you want.
>       *) A unix server
  This must be addressed.
>       *) postgresql 7.2.1+
  I would like to see a rubysql (lite) db here instead.
>       *) ruby
  I think this one is ok.
>       *) ruby-dbi
  possibley not needed
>       *) ruby-dbd_pg
  Not needed if we use a ruby sql
>       *) ruby-libxml*
  ok
>       *) ruby-libxslt*
  ok
>       *) fping (ftp://ftp.stanford.edu/dept/networking/pub/fping/)
>       [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/rubynet/rubynet/REQUIREMENTS?rev=1.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup]
> 

-- 
Jim Freeze
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