Re: Rails on Debian?
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 14:05 -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:10 PM, shawn <shawnlandden@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 13:07 -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:02 PM, shawn <shawnlandden@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > you should read the bug. rubygems->ruby1.8
> >> > rubygems1.9.1->ruby1.9.1 (now provided: by ruby1.9.1(really 1.9.3))
> >>
> >> Absolutely right, I missed that, looks like the rubygems depend needs
> >> to be put directly onto ruby1.8 instead of on packages like hoe.
> >
> > no that is wrong, as ruby1.8 doesn't embed rubygems like ruby1.9.3 does.
> > We should not force people to use rubygems just becuase they use
> > ruby1.8.
>
> While I agree with assessment that it should not be forced (which is
> what recommend dependencies are for) I do not agree with the
> assumption that it should not be attached to ruby1.8. Your point on it
> being embedded is moot and out-of-context anyways considering it
> wouldn't be there as an external dependency if it was embedded and
> technically it's not embedded it's included.
Well 1.8 is going to be dropped after 1.8, so this argument is close to
obsolete.
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-Shawn Landden
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