On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, cdr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey.. havent learned gemspec stuff yet, maybe someone who already knows can > make the fastthread dep optional? >
fastthread is required for ruby version <= 1.8.5, which is most stable one distributed across servers "in the wild" 1.8.6 with patchlevel higher than 36 ships with it, but is not widely installed. Latest code in stable branch make it optional. > its just kind of annoying, since 'gem install mongrel' always breaks on 1.9, > even tho mongrel works fine, > Err, correction: if it compiles doesn't meant it works properly. You need to run the tests to see what it working and what isn't. > plus 'gem install mongrel' doesnt even leave a local gem around to manually > hack/install Can you rephrase? Maybe what you need is grab the sources from repository (svn) and hack yourself the need patches. > plus there doesnt appear to be a 'gem fetch mongrel' gem fetch is a RubyGems functionality, not mongrels. > plus mongrel.org is some domain squatter peddling links to dog supplies funny, you need to take a lok at this book then: http://rubyurl.com/EQlo > so the bottom line is the user has to google for mongrel, dl a tarball, > install manually > Use SVN, is not powerful as Git (and all the git lovers) but works. Patches are welcome > all cuz of some dep that isnt really a dep Is just me, my bad english or you don't spell english properly? -- Luis Lavena Multimedia systems - Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
