That all depends on how Gem checks the platform. If it uses the RUBY_PLATFORM variable, then IronRuby needs to change what it reports here. Currently, it reports i386-mswin32.
-- Will Green http://hotgazpacho.org/ On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jim Deville <jdevi...@microsoft.com> wrote: > I believe JRuby is doing the 1st one, which makes sense in my opinion. If > possible we should prefer platform == “ironruby”, (or .net, do we need to > differentiate .net and mono?), but accept others. > > > > JD > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Shri Borde > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:02 AM > *To:* ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > *Subject:* [Ironruby-core] IronRuby version of existing gems > > > > This brings a question to mind - what should the general approach be for > porting existing gems to IronRuby? There could be two possible approaches: > > 1. Create a gem with the same name (“win32console” in this case), > and specify platform==”ironruby”. That way, dependent gems do not need to be > updated, and users have to remember just one name. IronRuby will use the > version with platform==”ironruby”, and MRI will use the one with > platform==”mswin32”. So there should not be any clashes even if you use MRI > and IronRuby on the same machine. > > 2. Create a new gem like iron-term-ansicolor. > > > > Any pro or cons to the two? What should the recommendation be in general? > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Will Green > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:47 AM > *To:* ironruby-core > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] iron-term-ansicolor 0.0.2 Released > > > > I released iron-term-ansicolor 0.0.3 last night after testing the gem > install locally first. > > > > Please let me know if you still have trouble installing it from > Rubygems.org. > > > > Also, I've submitted a patch to RSpec to use iron-term-ansicolor if it can, > the same way it tries to use win32console under MRI. > > > -- > Will Green > http://hotgazpacho.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >
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