On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 07:45:38PM +0300, Hleb Valoshka wrote: > On 8/17/16, Sruthi Chandran <srudchandran@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi,I prepared the packaging of ruby-fast-blank. It is lintian cleanand > > I tested it with build-and-upload script from pkg-ruby-extras repo. > > > > As my membership request to alioth is still pending, I've added my > > packageto the following > > git-repo:https://git.fosscommunity.in/debian-ruby/ruby-fast-blank > > > > Please review and upload. > > I appreciate you intent to contribute to Debian, but do we really need > this packaged? For me this gem is too trivial, and other gems which > may use it should be patched not to use it. > > class String; def blank?; self.strip.empty?; end; end > > Does it worth to have its own gem? I do agree we have to push back against frivolous dependencies, and bindling packaging everything just because it is listed as dependency for something that you actually want. fast_blank however seems to be something created with a purpose, though ...
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