From: Warren Brian Noronha <warren@...>
Date: 2003-02-17T20:18:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby module distribution

To Matt Lawrence
Re: Ruby module distribution

dear developers
 for some time now i have been hearing about this problem facing the future of ruby. i have been working on a pakaging system that is based on pear, xml and apt-get. i have been trying out all the packages. if u ppl have any comments mail me

i still have to orgnise my ideas and code i am getting delayed due to my exams... ( it will get over on the 6th March ) :(

	Requirements for Package.
	1. Clean Code - Standard Indenting, etc...
	2. Samples Code Included.
	3. Docs Included.

a sample of the control file
package.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package>

  <info>
    <name>
    </name>
    <summary>
    </summary>
    <description>
    </description>
    <maintainers>
      <maintainer>
	<user></user>
	<name></name>
	<email></email>
	<role></role>
      </maintainer>
    </maintainers>
    <release>
      <version></version>
      <date></date>
      <license></license>
      <state></state>
    </release>
  </info>

  <deps>
    <dep></dep>
    <dep></dep>
  </deps>
  
  <changelog>
    <release>
      <version></version>
      <date></date>
      <state></state>
      <notes></notes>
    </release>
  </changelog>

  <filelist>
    <file/>
    <file/>
  </filelist>
</package>

Regards
Warren Brian Noronha
warren@freedomink.org

> I've been reading the various messages on how to distribute Ruby modules.  
> Well, here's my thoughts.
> 
> First, CPAN may have been a good idea to start with, but my last few 
> experiences with it have been bad.  I've managed to wind up with a number 
> of misconfigured modules and no way to remove them and reinstall them.  In 
> theory, CPAN is a wonderful platform independent tool.  In practice, it's 
> bad enough that I don't want to do much in Perl anymore (not to mention 
> that I'm a major fan of Ruby).
> 
> Second, I've played with Gentoo and while it has some great ideas, it 
> won't install easily on some of my systems.  It's a great concept and I'm 
> looking forward to the time that both the distribution works better and my 
> slowest system is fast enough that installation is practical.
> 
> Third, I'm running a Debian system as my main server and 5 (sometimes
> more) RedHat 7.3 systems for other uses.  I'm using apt-get
> (apt.freshrpms.com) to install and upgrade the RedHat boxes.  If Ruby 
> modules were available as RPMs, it would make life much easier for me.
> 
> I'm a little overwhelmed in my life right now, so I won't have time to 
> implement this for quite a while.  Also, I don't really know the RPM 
> format or the RAA very well, so it would also be a major learning 
> experience.
> 
> Just my thoughts on what would work best for me.
> 
> -- Matt
> 
> 
> 


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