2008/5/28 Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> But there's some real data: popcon. 264545 Ubuntu users have libruby1.8
> installed (ie about >50% of all ubuntu users, since the most installed
> packages have 574294). And 9007 users (1.5% of all Ubuntu users, 3.4% of
> users having libruby1.8 insta
On 28/05/08 at 08:39 -, Neil Wilson wrote:
> 2008/5/27 Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I'm not sure you understand the rationale for splitting ruby1.9.
>
> So that other packages don't pull in stuff they don't need and reduce
> the perennial dependency problem. However those packages a
2008/5/27 Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'd prefer if it went upstream, if applicable.
I feel it is a packaging problem. Gem will not need altering. I've
subscribed you to the bug and I'd appreciate your thoughts over there.
> I'm not sure you understand the rationale for splitting ruby1.
On 27/05/08 at 09:58 -, Neil Wilson wrote:
> 2008/5/24 Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Right. I'm waiting for your patch.
>
> Ok. Lucas. I'm going to send a patch via Ubuntu.
Feel free me to subscribe me to the bug.
> The patch will be to
> include /var/lib/gems/xxx/bin in the system
On 24/05/08 at 06:29 -, Neil Wilson wrote:
> I think it would be better if Ubuntu started packaging Ruby in the way
> that people who use it actually require.
>
> Explain to a real user why they need to do 'apt-get install gem'
> rather than 'apt-get install ruby' to be able to use Ruby proper
I think it would be better if Ubuntu started packaging Ruby in the way
that people who use it actually require.
Explain to a real user why they need to do 'apt-get install gem'
rather than 'apt-get install ruby' to be able to use Ruby properly.
They look at you daft and go off and use CentOs or Ge
> The gem command *is* a completely integral part of ruby1.9. Removing
> it is like removing the standard library or the interpreter itself.
nobody is talking about removing gem1.9. It's just going to be packaged
separately, to allow other packages to depend only on what they need.
> There is a g
This bug was fixed in the package ruby1.9 - 1.9.0.1-1ubuntu1
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ruby1.9 (1.9.0.1-1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
* Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
- Robustify check for target_os, fixing build failure on lpia.
* debian/control:
- ruby1.9 pkg: moved rdoc1.9
Thanks for your report and helping to make ubuntu better.
Confirming. ruby 1.9 should depends on rdoc1.9
** Changed in: ruby1.9 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => ruby1.9
Status: New => Confirmed
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gem1.9 - require 'rdoc/template' fails - missing dependency
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