Bugs item #27109, was opened at 2009-09-16 11:44 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=27109&group_id=126
Category: None Group: None Status: Closed Resolution: Rejected Priority: 3 Submitted By: Adam Salter (aqsalter) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: Should be able to specify gem source in gemspec file Initial Comment: Since there are now at least 3 different 'major' gem hosts - rubyforge, github, gemcutter - it would be nice if a gem dependency's source could be specified in the gemspec file. It might be really nice if _all_ the options supported by 'gem install' were supported but at least being able to specify a non-rubyforge source would be great. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Adam Salter (aqsalter) Date: 2009-09-16 19:07 Message: perhaps you're right... I do think that fully supporting other gem sources is a good idea. I regularly need a gem that isn't on rubyforge as a dependency. There is also the issue whereby a gem of the same name exists on two providers. I don't want my users to have their install break in strange ways because they got the wrong/different gem... It is a real issue. There are multiple gem providers and not all people are publishing to rubyforge as a default choice. Would you like me to raise it on the mailing list? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: James Tucker (raggi) Date: 2009-09-16 18:23 Message: Add the sources to your .gemrc and you're done. This is a really bad idea in the long run, as at least one of these services will disappear this year, then you'll have a lot of broken gems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=27109&group_id=126 _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
