On 11/20/2018 10:39 AM, Ronald Fischer wrote:
> Hi Ken,
> 
> actually, the page regarding the gem list for the Ruby version in question 
> (the one we have at Cygwin) is
> 
>      https://stdgems.org/2.3.6/
> 
> but this page too lists json as "default gem".
> 
> The page https://stdgems.org/ then defines this term as:
> 
> "Default gems: These gems are part of Ruby and you can always require them 
> directly"
> 
> So from this I would conclude that json (and the other default gems) should 
> be part of the Ruby installation, since "they are part of Ruby". If you 
> disagree with my interpretation, please explain where I undersood the text in 
> a wrong way.
> 
> BTW, I think that my viewpoint is also supported by
> 
> https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.3.6/
> 
> which says that the packages listed on this page are found in the /lib 
> directory of Ruby.
> 
> But even if I go along with your interpretation of the text, in that the 
> default gems are delivered as a separated package, they should be available 
> at least on the Cygwin server, and be installable from there, but I did a 
> search for "ruby-default" and could not get a match.

I was just trying to tell you how to solve the problem.  I wasn't offering an 
opinion about ruby packaging or which gems should be installed by default.

Ken

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