On 25/09/08 at 12:21 -0400, Joseph Method wrote: > Can we reconsider the status of this ticket in light of the proposal on > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgems-ruby/+bug/145267 ? > > As I understand it, Neil Wilson patches Rubygems to link files into > /usr/local/bin and uses the alternatives system to decide whether to load > ruby1.9 or ruby1.8 gems (I may not understand this part). Many objections > were raised about creating divergence between Debian and Ubuntu, and also an > objection was raised about using alternatives as a Debian-only tool. There > was also a complaint about the use of patching tool. > > Virtues of Neil Wilson's approach are that it avoids adding > /var/rubygems/bin to the $PATH (by far the easiest approach IMO; I don't > quite understand the objections myself). I can help with cleaning up his > patch if his is considered a sound approach.
I think that we should just install the binary wrappers to /usr/local/bin instead of /var/.../1.{8,9}/bin. That's what rubygems upstream does anyway (or almost does, I think it installs to /usr/bin). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]