On Mar 8, 1:20 am, Trans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know the immediate reaction this is likely to get --half of which is
> probably just b/c it is coming from me. But putting these gut-
> reactions aside, consider it objectively. It makes sense...
>
> RubyGems should not be generating rdocs.
>
> As good an example as any for when convention ought to triumph over
> configuration, this is it. As it stands we currently must fill out
> gemspec options: has_rdoc, rdoc_options and extra_rdoc_files, to get
> rdocs generated on install, but that's still not enough to get them
> right. For starters, --main README's are missing across the board.

I found some gem generated rdocs that mange to get the READMEs up
front. So that can be configured. Many of packages I looked at though
don't have it configured correctly. Clearly many people aren't
checking the output of RubyGems generated rdocs.

T.
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