On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter <head...@headius.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>tar tf rake-compiler-0.7.5.gem >> data.tar.gz >> metadata.gz >> >> So sees tar recognizes .gem as tar files :-) >> >> And file also: >> >>>file rake-compiler-0.7.5.gem >> rake-compiler-0.7.5.gem: POSIX tar archive > > Yes, that's what I meant. A gem is a tar containing a tarball and a > gzipped file. So I feel like just using the mime type for "tar files" > would be fine for RubyGems. > > I suppose a x-rubygems mime type would convey more information, but to whom?
To programs who know how to handle a bunch of archive formats, including both "tar" and "gem". If you treat a gem file like a tar file, you don't get terribly useful files out of it. _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers