From: Chad Fowler Date: 2004-03-13T04:28:42+09:00 Subject: Re: raa-install or RubyGems in 1.8? (evolution or revolution?) On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Phil Tomson wrote: # why the lucky stiff wrote in message news:<40516BEE.9050505@whytheluckystiff.net>... # > 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. # # 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) # Right. Rich and I have been talking about using raa-install to mass-create Gems for current RAA packages that are raa-installable. # 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? # Watch this space. We're planning a release as soon as this weekend. # Perhaps we could somehow merge the two approaches to build a bridge # between the current RAA and some future Gem-based RAA? An raa-install # that can handle Gems or a RubyGems that can also work with the # current RAA? This sort of mutant just might have a chance at # survival. # I believe the conversion approach will do a lot for the short term. Long term, it's actually very easy to produce a gem file (slightly more involved than creating a tar file). Why, how would you like to get involved in an raa-install -> rubygems convertor? Chad