From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-12-18T07:56:24+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7519] Re: Packaging Ruby

ianm74@my-deja.com writes:

> > Something like Java's "jar" utility would be nice.
> 
> I agree. If people are distributing libraries as multiple script
> files it would be much nicer to be able to package these into one
> file and add that to RUBYPATH. Much less directory clutter. Similar
> to how mozilla now uses jar files for storing chrome packages ( xul,
> js etc ) Ian

CLASSPATH is one of the things I dislike intensely about Java.
Whenever I gt some new Java thing, I have to write a small .bat file
or shell script to set up the class path to point to all the various
things I need.

I much prefer being able to install libraries in some standard
location and have Ruby (or whatever) simply find them. I also like
having the libraries available as plain files so I can browse them
(although this isn't important for end users).

However, I agree that managing all these individual library files is a
pain. So I thing this comes pack to the RAA/CPAN thread: we need a
simple means of downloading and installing related bundles of library
stuff in one go.

Dave