Re: Packaging Ruby extensions

[Richard Hurt <rnhurt@kangaroobox.com>]

On Dec 17, 2008, at 4:02 AM| Dec 17, 2008, martin f krafft wrote:

> also sprach Richard Hurt <rnhurt@kangaroobox.com> [2008.12.16.1653  
> +0100]:
> > I think this is a great idea and should allow us to help the Gems
> > community grow in a way thats compatible with the rest of the
> > world.  I don't think anyone here wants Gems to die or change into
> > something thats no longer Ruby specific.  We just want to be able
> > to work *with* it and not against it.
>
> Here is the thread, sorry I forgot to link it in the first place:
>  http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-December/000281.html

And it looks like the Fedora folks have a couple of documents[1][2]  
that are targeting the same kinds of information as we are.  What can  
we do to bring our needs in-line with theirs and help each other out?

Later...
  Richard

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Ruby#Ruby_Gems
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/RubyGem_with_C_code_spot