> I disgree that 'jgem' should be the default, since many people that run > JRuby run only JRuby, tutorials state 'gem' as the command, and people > are used to typing 'gem'. If people are using both JRuby and Ruby and > want to avoid naming conflicts, they can add an alias easily enough or > juggle PATH entries. But JRuby is "just another Ruby impl" and shouldn't > have a different command name for installing gems. > > Can we please have the 'gem' name as default when installing on JRuby? What about those of us that need to use both Ruby and JRuby? Yes, I know PATH is the answer, but very cumbersome.
The problem with your argument above is that JRuby's main binary is actually called jruby, so I would argue that it is far more consistent to say jgem. That is my two cents. Susan _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
