Bugs item #28049, was opened at 2010-04-03 12:54 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=28049&group_id=126
Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 3 Submitted By: Gioele Barabucci (gioele) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: GEM_HOME or XDG_CACHE_HOME should be used instead of $HOME/.gem Initial Comment: The last few versions of rubygems started using the ~/.gem/ directory, cluttering the $HOME directory. The files currently found in ~/.gem/ should be placed somewhere under the $GEM_HOME directory (if specified). Otherwise, those files could be saved in $XDG_DATA_HOME or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME as described in the XDG Base Directory Specification: <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>. This article <http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?207-modify-your-application-to-use-xdg-folders> explains the importance of following the XDG Base Directory Specification. $ gem env RubyGems Environment: - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.6 - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [x86_64-linux] - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /home/gioele/foo_bar/ruby/gems - RUBYGEMS PREFIX: /home/gioele/foo_bar/ruby - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby1.8 - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /home/gioele/foo_bar/ruby/gems/bin - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS: - ruby - x86_64-linux - GEM PATHS: - /home/gioele/foo_bar/ruby/gems - /home/gioele/.gem/ruby/1.8 - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 - GEM CONFIGURATION: - :update_sources => true - :verbose => true - :benchmark => false - :backtrace => false - :bulk_threshold => 1000 - :sources => ["http://gems.rubyforge.org/";] - REMOTE SOURCES: - http://gems.rubyforge.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=28049&group_id=126 _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
