what kind of problems are you having using Gem? -pierre
-----Original Message----- From: Harry Chou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Wtr-general] The Watir Installer I am newbie here. I am still learning Ruby and Watir is the whole reason I want to learn Ruby. I am afraid other new guys like me need to learn how to use GEM, before I can use Watir, before I start delve into Ruby. I am behind coporate firewall, I am constantly having touble using GEM installation. I know you will probably say GEM is easy. But, it's not easy for me. If it takes me more than couple hrs to know how to do it behind firewall, I am afraid other developers in my team will not bother to try it. Maybe I am missing something here. But, wouldn't we want to lower the barrier for people to use WATIR and even Ruby? On 4/29/06, Jonathan Kohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +1 > > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bret Pettichord > Sent: April 29, 2006 2:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wtr-general] The Watir Installer > > > This is a proposal for packaging Watir 1.5. > > Watir will be distributed as two files. > 1. watir-1.5.0.gem - A gem that can be downloaded and installed locally or > remotely installed over the internet (as always). > 2. watir-bonus.zip - A zip file containing the user guide, the examples, and > notes on where to find the unit tests and API docs (which are already in the > gem). > > The gem would be required on any machine running Watir tests. The bonus zip > would be recommend for any users learning Watir. > > Specifically, i am proposing that we stop distributing the one-click > installer. Why? > - The one-click installer installs the watir library and other files in > different locations than the gem. This can lead to confusion. > - The gem is becoming the standard method of installing Ruby libraries. > - The one-click installer could be updated to make it more consistent with > the gem, but no one has signed up to do this. > - It is simpler to just have one method of installing Watir. > > I've discussed this off line with several people, but feel like this is > something that requires official community review. > > Please vote on this proposal. > > Bret > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
