On 11/9/07, Eric Hodel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 9, 2007, at 16:23 , Trans wrote: > > Yes. I've reconsidered my position. I think a platform gem is a rather > > special case. For instance a Windows binary, b/c Windows often lacks > > the needed compile tools. But on most other systems it seems > > unccessary. Is that a fair assessment? > I think so. Most other systems have compilers by default, or a > compiler can easily be added to them.
Erm. It's mostly a theoretical at this point, but if I wanted to do something with Ruby on ESX Server Console (a variant of Red Hat ES 3), I'd be SOL if I wanted to install an extension gem using the "gem" command. It would be nice to have the ability to do a "gem repack" or something like that to take a currently installed gem and repack it into a new deployable gem that could be used locally. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
