On Dec 23, 6:26 pm, Eric Hodel <drbr...@segment7.net> wrote: > On Dec 23, 2010, at 15:12, Trans wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 3:33 pm, Eric Hodel <drbr...@segment7.net> wrote: > >>> If that's asking too much, then at the very least, make this patch a > >>> configurable option in the .gemrc file. Power users who aren't using > >>> any of the above mentioned plugins could then easily flip the switch > >>> to get the speed up. > > >> We should make a release that contains this change RubyGems 2.0 as this > >> changes an API. > > > Not sure what that accomplishes. The usefulness of the pref switch is > > backward compatibility. > > RubyGems should not support mistakes.
If all you want is gem command plugins, then why not just route `gem foo` to `gem-foo`? Then there would be zero lookup overhead. _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers