From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2004-03-12T16:51:02+09:00
Subject: raa-install in 1.8 (was Re: raa-install problem)

Shajith wrote:
>  
> Q: Is raa-install part of the ruby distribution? I for one, find it 
> _very_ nifty.
> 
> Sticking to skimmed milk, for now.
> 

i think a question like that really depends on the likes of other 
competitive software like rubygems.  and rubygems is a visionary world 
beyond raa-install.  should rubygems come to fruition, raa-install will 
melt away as the tiniest candle on the firey tongue of a skeleton 
avalanche. so, despite a great amount of support over the last year, 
raa-install likely won't be seen in the main distribution.

unless perhaps we could simply include the skim milk version (read: 
trimmed down for 1.8) and leverage rubygems or rpkg if they take hold. 
i dunno.  not my decision.  and i don't wield a battleaxe big enough to 
wage that war.

mine is a keychain battleaxe and i use it to execute judgement on 
stubborn shoelaces.

_why