From: Joey Gibson <joeygibson@...>
Date: 2003-08-13T21:40:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows Installer for Ruby 1.8.0 Final

Is there a page that explains what all the included packages are and their versions? I just looked through the stuff at http://rubyinstaller.sourceforge.net/ and then http://rubygarden.org/ruby?WindowsInstaller but didn't see a full listing of what's there. Is it strictly a binary installer of the exact source that Matz released? I was thinking that there were some bolt-on packages that were included so you didn't need to bolt them on by hand later. Am I mistaken?

-------Original Message-------
From: Andrew Hunt <andy@pragmaticprogrammer.com>
Sent: 08/12/03 09:15 PM
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Subject: Re: Windows Installer for Ruby 1.8.0 Final

> 
> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:16, Harry Ohlsen wrote:

> I've already built and installed from source.

If you've built the Ruby interpreter and all the libraries and
extensions you need from source, then you don't need the Windows
Installer.

It's purpose in life is to provide a binary distribution for those who
don't have the ability or patience to compile all those bits and pieces
for themselves.
 
> If I run the one-click installer, am I'm regressing to older versions of 
some libraries?

Hopefully not, but quite possibly.

Best regards,

/\ndy


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