From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-03-13T04:21:52+09:00
Subject: Re: raa-install or RubyGems in 1.8? (evolution or revolution?)

Phil Tomson wrote:
> 
> Isn't the advantage of raa-install that it works with the current RAA?
>  Wouldn't Rubygems require a whole new infrastructure? (or at least
> the creation of a gem file for each package in the RAA)
> 
> I agree that longterm RubyGems seems like the better way to go from a
> technical standpoint, but these things tend to be evolutionary rather
> than revolutionary.  If raa-install works well with the current system
> it has a survival advantage over RubyGems.  If I'm understanding
> correctly, RubyGems requires every package owner to repackage their
> packages as Gems - well, how many people are going to do that in a
> timely fashion?  (If I'm misunderstanding how RubyGems works then
> please correct me)
> 
> RubyGems sounds great, but I'm afraid it requires a revolution and I
> don't even see anyone out trying to stir up that revolution at this
> point.  Where are the RubyGem advocates?


Part of the problem with RubyGems adoption may be that there has yet to 
be an actual release:

http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=126

Yes, you can fetch the files from the rubyforge CVS, but the impression 
may be that the code is still quite alpha; time invested in using 
RubyGems may be wasted (or need be repeated) as the code base is unstable.


James