Re: Bug#462027: ITP: libactiverecord-ruby -- library that ties database tables to classes in Ruby

[David Nusinow <dnusinow@speakeasy.net>]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:19:01PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com>
> 
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> * Package name    : libactiverecord-ruby
>   Version         : 2.0.2
>   Upstream Author : David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com>
> * URL             : http://ar.rubyonrails.com/
> * License         : MIT
>   Programming Lang: Ruby
>   Description     : library that ties database tables to classes in Ruby
> 
>  Implements the ActiveRecord pattern (Fowler, PoEAA) for ORM. It ties
>  database tables and classes together for business objects, like
>  Customer or Subscription, that can find, save, and destroy themselves
>  without resorting to manual SQL.

Have you spoken with the rails package maintainer about this and your other
ITP? Having duplicate copies of the same code lying around in the archive
is something the security team has said they are actively discouraging.
Splitting these out from the rails package seems like the smarter way to
go.

 - David Nusinow