On 08/01/10 at 11:17 -0700, Joshua Timberman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello! > > In the process of getting more Ruby libraries packaged for Debian, I > spoke with Yehuda Katz last night about a library he wrote. He had > mentioned something about the Debian library locations that is > "incorrect" for library code that isn't Ruby's stdlib: all the > Debian ruby libraries put the code directly in /usr/lib/ruby/1.8 > (for example), and it should go in /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8, so > a developer can choose whether to use that, or use their own > vendored (in their application) version. > > I know it would probably be considerable effort to repackage all the > lib*-ruby code in Debian, but it might be the right thing to do for > long term interoperability between the Ruby and Debian communities.
Hi, The move of ruby libraries to vendor_ruby has been discussed in the past, and is on the list of things that are likely to be changed when/if we have a big transition to change many things in ruby packaging (inc. a simpler way to package 1.8 and 1.9.X libraries together). That's not going to happen before squeeze, though. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [email protected] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [email protected] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
