On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you're running ubuntu, the description on > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/The_Rails_Port actually works > flawlessly: Having never installed or touched rails before, I was able > to get a dev server up and running (once someone packaged up the > externals for me) within an hour. I was pretty impressed with the level > of work that had been put into it. It's pretty good, but it's not entirely right (well, not for Hardy anyway). You can't call something flawless when there's gems not mentioned, the mysql functions aren't found after compiling them, and so on. It's pretty good though, I'm pretty sure I've got there now. Better than the "how to install rails on ubuntu" wiki page that it links to, which is a confusing mess. Also, this twin combinations of externals being missing and gems needing specific versions raises the bar too. I've found today that gem install won't install an older version unless you restate the gem archive url using the --source parameter, which is a bit bizarre. Ho hum. > (If you're not running Ubuntu/Debian, well, whose mistake is that? :) As if - I'm not as daft as I look! I do wish that they could sort this whole gems packaging thing out, but that's been going on for years without a sensible resolution. Cheers, Andy > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
