From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-04-08T21:58:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Call for standardized package installation procedure

On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, 4:09:34 AM, ahoward wrote:

>   cgi-0.1.0.rb
>   cgi-2.1.2.rb
>   cgi-3.1.0.rb

> can all co-exist on the same system as 'cgi.rb', allowing users to install new
> versions without breaking all their old scripts.

What about packages that contain lots of files?  Just a little
nitpick.


> IMHO versioning is one of the biggest missing peices from the entire ruby
> install process.  am i the only who feels this is very important?

Probably not, but I'm not overly worried about it.  I haven't been
bitten by package version issues before; nor have I seen chatter on
-talk about it.  People are being bitten by 1.6 - 1.8 differences
instead!

Gavin