From: Chad Fowler <chad@...>
Date: 2004-03-27T22:30:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Need some advice on PickAxe II


On Mar 26, 2004, at 2:24 PM, Phil Tomson wrote:

> In article <4776AE4A-7F46-11D8-BF42-000A95676A62@pragprog.com>,
> Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2004, at 10:14, Piergiuliano Bossi wrote:
>>
>>> My 2 cents (slightly related to libs): what do you think about a new
>>> section on installation structure, explaining rationale, usage, etc 
>>> of
>>> main directories, how to install, how to shape a library in order to
>>> install it properly and so on?
>>
>> I'm thinking on having an appendix on packaging with RubyGems - do
>> folks think that's the way to go?
>>
>
> or I suppose you could decide how you would like some of the
> missing features to function, write them up that way and then the 
> RubyGems
> folks would have to implement them that way (Documentation-driven
> development) ;-)
>

Funny, Phil...I was going to suggest the same thing.   Dave, the sooner 
you write the appendix, the sooner we can finish the features. :)

But, seriously, I obviously think it would be great to include 
something on RubyGems.   And, as Phil suggests, it may not be so bad 
for the cart to lead the horse on this one (in terms of adoption).

Chad