A question for the Ruby maintainer: RubyGems?

Thu Jan 19 21:06:00 GMT 2006

On 2006年1月19日, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
> Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > Okay, thanks. I'll play around with the install, see how hard it is to
> > get it to behave properly, and try to ITP it at some point. If it turns
> > out I'll be using ruby more extensively, taking over maintainership may be
> > an option too.
>> In terms of packaging rubygems (it requires a bit of a trick to install
> into a DESTDIR), you may want to see my Cygwin Ports package:
>> ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/cygwinports/release/ruby/rubygems/

Heh, that's cool, thanks for saving me the effort, Yaakov.
> Let me know if there's anything else ruby-based that you like there,
> under /release/ruby/.
>> P.S. ruby could use a version bump.

Corinna already indicated her willingness to give over maintainership into
capable hands. I don't use Ruby regularly (just starting to dabble in
it), so I'm reluctant to make a grab for it. If you feel confident in
your ability to keep Cygwin Ruby going, would you like to offer to
maintain it?
Also, if there is a maintainership change, and since you've already
packaged RubyGems (and are presumably willing to maintain it as well), it
might (IMHO) be a good idea to fold RubyGems into the main Ruby package.
What do you think?
	Igor
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