From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2000-12-18T15:34:07+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7547] Re: Packaging Ruby

Dave Thomas writes:
#
# 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.

Also, I discovered when trying to install 2 different Java-related systems 
on the same Windows box that Windows NT has a limit of a (very) few 
hundered bytes of space for any given environment variable. This may 
change in the future, but I think this problem alone should rule out a 
RUBYPATH system for now.

Conrad Schneiker
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