Curt,

   I have a GUI for RubyGems...

   ... if you promise not to laugh at the code, I'll privately send
you what I've got and you can tell me what to do to get it up to the
specs you'd want/need for inclusion in the Windows Installer.

   The way I envision it is that the RubyGem interface would be a
compiled binary for Windows, that could have a link in the Programs
menu... then for the average 10yr old, or mom or dad who wanted to
program, they could easily add libraries on to their Ruby
installation... Double-click the RubyGem interface... wait for the
list to load... select the program, see all versions and a
description, select the version to install... click the install
button... you're done. Obviously there would be more options for
advanced users... but I really like the idea of making the
installation of add-on libraries as simple as the installation of
Ruby.

   I really want RubyGems in the Windows One-Click... and I _really_ 
think RubyGems should have a GUI...  i.e. I really want to send you my
code, have it reviewed, get everything done that you need, and package
it with the Windows One-Click.

-Rich
P.s. - Windows One-Click.... WOC? :-) Sounds like Wok... which I know
is Chinese, and not Japanese... but it's an interesting acronym. Would
that make it... LOC (Linux...), MOC, (Mac...) ... anyway... :-)


On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:40:05 +0900, Curt Hibbs <curt / hibbs.com> wrote:
> Lothar Scholz wrote:
> >
> > Hello Curt,
> >
> > CH> A public debate over what should or should not be included
> > has occurred
> > CH> several times in the past. As you might expect everyone has their own
> > CH> favorites. I'm sure that a very good case could be made for
> > each possible
> > CH> inclusion, but it is simply not practical to include too many
> > things, and
> > CH> its not possible satisfy everyone.
> >
> > CH> The way I want to address this problem is to include RubyGems in the
> > CH> installer, and then encourage package authors to release
> > their packages in
> > CH> RubyGems format. Then getting ruby-postgres installed on your
> > system would
> > CH> be as simple as running the command "gem install ruby-postgres".
> >
> > But this does still not help on binary extensions. And until the
> > brain dead (assuming the build system for extensions is the same as
> > the one for the original interpreter) and completely undocumented binary
> > build system "rb_configure.rb" etc. is changed this is a very
> > serious issue.
> >
> > My personal request here is to include "wxruby.0.4"
> 
> RubyGems *does* support platform-specific binary gems. This was an issue
> that I brought up early on with the RubyGems developers precisely because I
> wanted to package up wxRuby as a set of platform-specific binary gems
> (although that hasn't happened yet). Do you think that wxRuby is mature
> enough?
> 
> Curt
> 
> PS
>   I still need to resolve your problem with TCL/TK extension. I sent you a
> private email to your [mailinglists at scriptolutions dot com] address about
> this, but perhaps it got spam-filtered into oblivion. After the postings
> from you and [nobu.nokada at softhome dot net], it was not obvious to me
> what the correct solution should be. If you could send me your email address
> (send to curt at hibbs dot com), I will re-send you that email.
> Thanks, -curt
> 
>